Kanti Highway | ||||
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राष्ट्रिय राजमार्ग ३७ | ||||
National Highway 37 | ||||
Kanti Highway in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by MoPIT (Department of Roads) | ||||
Length | 92 km (57 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
From | Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Lalitpur | |||
To | Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City, Makwanpur | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Nepal | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Kanti Highway or NH37 Nepali: कन्ती लोक्पथ रोड) is a 92-kilometre-long (57 mi) feeder road under construction in Bagmati Province, Nepal, that connects Lalitpur Metropolitan City to Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City.[1][2]
The construction on the road started in 1954 by King Mahendra, and the road was initially named Tikabhairab-Hetauda Road.[3][4] However, in 1962, it was named Kanti Highway after the Queen Kanti of Nepal.[3]
In the late 1990s, the Government of Nepal recognised this road as an alternative highway of Tribhuvan Highway (H02) that connects Kathmandu to Birgunj on the Nepal-India border.[3][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kanti Lokpath Road Project". Department of Roads. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Blacktopping of Kanti Highway to be completed within this year". Khabarhub. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ a b c Dhakal, Sanjaya (25 May 2001). "Kanti Rajpath" (PDF). Spotlight Nepal. pp. 10–11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Kanti Highway expected to be fully operational by October". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Kanti Rajpath getting blacktopped after 60 years of construction". OnlineKhabar. Archived from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2021.