Panchkoshi Highway

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National Highway 60
राष्ट्रिय राजमार्ग ६०
Surkhet - Dailekh - Nakchelagna
Map
NH60 in red
Dailekh Sadak.jpg
NH60 in Dailekh
Route information
Maintained by MoPIT (Department of Roads)
Length288.23 km (179.10 mi)
Major junctions
North endNakchelagna
Major intersectionsDuikhamba, Pallo Kalimati
Sourh endSurkhet
Location
CountryNepal
ProvincesKarnali Province
DistrictsSurkhet District, Dailekh District, Kalikot District, Jumla District and Mugu District
Highway system
← NH59→ NH61

Panchkoshi Highway (National Highway 60, NH60) is a proposed national highway in Nepal which is being constructed in Karnali Province. The total length of the highway is supposed to be 288.23 kilometres (179.10 mi). According to SNH2020-21 125.67 kilometres (78.09 mi) of the road has already been opened and 60.67 km (37.70 mi) of the road has been paved.[1][2]

The Highway NH59 named Panchkoshi after The Panchkoshi pilgrimage sites located in Dailekh District.[3] The highway will link the southern part of the country with Nankche-Nagla (Nepa-China border).[4]

The highway is mainly divided into 4 sections:

  1. Surkhet – Dailekh road
  2. Dailekh - Odhari road
  3. Nagma - Gamgadhi road
  4. Gamgadhi – Nakchelagna road

The 67-km road linking Dailekh to the mid-western hub of Surkhet has been in a miserable condition ever since it was opened in 1993.[5] The Gamgadhi-Nakchelagna road construction project that was started in the fiscal year 2072–73 BS (2015–16) has reported the construction of just an 18-kilometre section. However, its detailed survey was concluded a decade earlier in 2062–63 BS.[6]

  1. ^ "Statics of National Highway 2020_21" (PDF). Nepal in data. Department of Roads (Nepal). 2021-09-22. Retrieved 18 Jun 2024.
  2. ^ "Statics of Strategic Road Network". Department of Roads (Nepal). 2023. Retrieved 18 Jun 2024.
  3. ^ "Why Panchakoshi in Dailekh should be your next pilgrimage destination in Karnali". Online Khabar. 16 Apr 2023. Retrieved 24 Jul 2024.
  4. ^ "Panchakoshi Highway linking Surkhet-Dailekh-China". My Republica. 8 Jun 2017. Retrieved 24 Jul 2024.
  5. ^ "Facelift hope for Surkhet-Dailekh road". The Himalayan Times. 2 Oct 2008. Retrieved 24 Jul 2024.
  6. ^ "Gamgadhi-Nakchelagna road project reports 18-km construction in 17 years". Nepal News. 13 Aug 2023. Retrieved 24 Jul 2024.