Biratnagar, Feb. 11: Preparations for construction of agricultural roads in Morang district are under way in line with the 20-year agricultural policy put forth by His Majesty’s Government.

For this purpose, a budget of Rs. 3,200,000 has been allotted so far. It is estimated that the whole project will be completed at a total cost of Rs.  31,900,000.

A proposed road which aims at linking up with Katahari, Jamunagachhi and Jhoraghat in constituency No. 1 of Morang  for making market access for local agro-based products easier will be 13 kilometres long.

For this year, a total of Rs. 1,200,000 has been released to start construction work on the road which will cost about Rs. 12,000,000, an engineer at the ddc deep Kumar Das said.

Similarly, a total of Rs. 1,000,000 has been allotted for the construction of the 11 kilometre agricultural road which will extend from Amagachhi to Ghandhi Ashram. This road will cost Rs. 10,400,000.

A total of Rs. 1,000,000 has also been released for this year for the construction of a 9-kilometre road which will link Kaseni to Belbari. It will cost Rs. 9,500,000.