Kanti Highway
Kanti Highway in red
Route information
Maintained by MoPIT (Department of Roads)
Length92 km (57 mi)
Major junctions
FromLalitpur Metropolitan City, Lalitpur
ToHetauda Sub-Metropolitan City, Makwanpur
Location
CountryNepal
Highway system

Kanti Highway (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

  1. "Kanti Lokpath Road Project". Department of Roads. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  2. "Blacktopping of Kanti Highway to be completed within this year". Khabarhub. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 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.
  4. "Kanti Highway expected to be fully operational by October". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  5. "Kanti Rajpath getting blacktopped after 60 years of construction". OnlineKhabar. Archived from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2021.


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