Asian Highway is a 32-country road network that aims at enhancing the efficiency and development of the road infrastructure in Asia.

The section of highway that connects Nepal starts at Thailand and passes through Myanmar, Bangladesh, and reaches India via Nepal’s East-West Highway.

With the connection to the Asian Highway, Nepal’s rural business is expected to reach international markets.

“When the Asian Highway comes into operation, our agricultural produce will easily find international markets,” said Tikaraj Dhakal, President of the Jhapa Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Likewise, President of the Mechi Chamber of Commerce and Industry Rishi Timsina said, “When the road is wide, the border becomes more economically vibrant.”

Earlier, the Indian Government has constructed a 790-meter-long bridge over the Mechi River on the Nepal-India border. Now, the Nepali Government has constructed a four-lane ‘Miteri Bridge’ on the Mechi River at the eastern gate of Nepal.

“The dilapidated and narrow Mechi Bridge was inconvenient for transport as it was difficult to move large containers. Now that the new bridge has been built, transport has greatly eased. Vehicles ranging from bicycles to large container bearing trucks can easily pass without having to stay in a jam for hours on end,” said Dhurba Raj Bishwakarma, Head of Customs at the Mechi Customs Office.

Citing that the narrow bridges on the Kakadvitta-Panityanki road had caused traffic jams, a local tourism entrepreneur Netra Karki said, “connecting with the Asian Highway will also help our tourism.”

“The highway will facilitate trade with India, which in turn will also boost Nepal’s trade with Bangladesh and Bhutan,” said Vijay Dalimiya, former President of Jhapa Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The Asian Highway connects the eastern portion of Nepal at Kakarvitta and passes through Itahari, Dhalkebar, Pathlaiya, Hetauda, Nayanghat, Butwal, Kohalpur, Attaria, and Mahendranagar. It covers a length of 1027km in Nepal.

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Representing their community background, some of the members took oath in their respective languages.

In Janakpur province, out of 107 members, 47 took oath in Maithili, 25 in Bhojpuri, 24 in Nepali and 11 in Hindi.

Seven Provincial Assembly members were elected for the seven different provincial assemblies namely Koshi (Capital: Biratnagar), Janakpur (Janakpur), Bagmati (Hetauda), Gandaki (Pokhara), Lumbini (Rupandehi), Karnali (Surkhet) and Far West (Kairali).

Anuradha Koirala in Province 3

Renowned Nepali human rights activist Anuradha Koirala took oath as the Governor of Province 3 on January 20, 2018.

Koirala has been widely-acclaimed for their extensive social activism through fight against women trafficking, among others and was conferred with the CNN Hero 2010 award.

Continuing her journey as a social worker, she joined the mainstream Nepali politics through Nepali Congress on November 12, 2017.

Govinda Subba for Province 1, Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha for Province 2, Baburam Kunwar for Province 4, Umakant Jha for Province 5, Durga Keshar Khanal for Province 6 and Mohan Raj Malla for Province 7 in Farwest are among others across different provinces.

On New Governance

Meanwhile, the Communist Alliance members met for a discussion on setting top priorities of the new Nepali Government that is yet to be formed on January 21, 2017

The Party Unity Coordination Committee (PUCC) meeting called for formation of a special task force to ensure good governance and development teams.

The resultant task force would set priorities for the new government based on the joint election manifesto to be formed by the two left parties, CPN-UML and CPM-MC.

Power sharing, organisational integration and ideologies for the unified party were among key issues Oli and Dahal discussed, informed PUCC member Narayan Kaji Shrestha.

“We asked the province chiefs of the party to finalize the names according to the clusters as decided by the task force,” Shrestha added while informed that the names would be announced on Jan 26, 2018.

Maoist Centre leader Pun said that the coordination committee endorsed the report and the two top leaders will make any correction if needed.

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