Summary
The government hopes to launch several key infrastructure projects expected to decongest some of the most traffic heavy stretches such as Ashram Chowk in 2021 after the Covid-19 pandemic and several other reasons forced the agencies to push deadlines and face escalation in costs.
As work has picked up again, officials in the Public Works Department (PWD) said the agency hopes to launch three long-awaited projects --- Ashram underpass, the tunnel road at Pragati Maidan and the Benito-Juarez Road underpass --- by March 2021.
PWD officials said the pace of construction remained very poor throughout the year due to various reasons ......