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DEPARTMENT OF ROADS
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND EVENTS
SN Historical/ Present Year (BS) Office Head/ Chief
Name of the Office Engineer/ Director General Milestone
From To
1 Botokaj Goswara 2007 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads in Kathmandu
Construction and Maintenance of all engineering works outside
2 Banaune Adda 2007 -
Kathmandu Valley
3 Samarjung Company 2007 - Repair of Roads in Kathmandu Valley
Construction of new roads.
4 2007 - Naya Batokaj Adda
Started survey for connecting Kathmandu to Hetauda by a
motorable road via Bagmati valley
Public Works Construction of Tribhuvan Rajpath by the Government of
5 2007 2014 Kul Ratna Tuladhar
Department India.The road opened in 2013BS.
Construction of Kanti Rajpath Started
Construction of Hetauda Narayangadh road
Representative from India and US also involved. Could not work
Road Transport satisfactorily
6 2014 2018 Bishnu Bahadur Karki
Organisation (RTO)
Trial Bridge Development
7 Department of Roads 2018 2022 J.P. Sharma
East-West Highway was Planned and Formulated. Earthen track
was opened
2022 2026
8 J.P. Sharma- Planning
Unified Department Several Advisors were also involved & First long term Road
of Roads (Public 2022 2022 B.B. Karki - Construction Development Plan was formulated in 2024 BS.
Works Department)
B.K.Pokhrel-Maintenance
The Road Development Strategy as adopted for the country
9 Department of Roads 2027 2032 Dipti Jung Thapa continued with Development of National Highways and Feeder
Roads
10 Department of Roads 2032 2038 Birendra Pratap Shah Development of Strategic Road Network
11 Department of Roads 2038 2044 Shiv Bahadur Pradhananga Initiation and Implementation of Feeder Road Project
12 Department of Roads 2044 2044 Narayan Dutta Sharma Establishment of PMC
First Director General of DoR
Continuation for the development of National Highways & Feeder
13 Department of Roads 2045 2048 Narayan Dutta Sharma Roads
Establishment of MRCU, HMIS and SMD
Implementation of projects under RFRP funded by IDA
Continuation of projects of construction and maintenance of
14 Department of Roads 2048 2049 Ram Babu Sharma
SRN
15 Department of Roads 2049 2050 Varun Prasad Shrestha Implementation of AHMP
Implementation of SRIP funded by ADB
16 Department of Roads 2050 2051 Niranjan Prasad Chalise Initiation and Implementation of RMP/ODA
Establishment of TESU
Initiation of Priority Investment Plan - I
17 Department of Roads 2051 2053/9 Mohan Bahadur Karki
Implementation of Projects under RMDP funded by IDA
Implementation of RMRP funded by IDA
18 Department of Roads 2053/9 2054/1 Niranjan Prasad Chalise Implementation of BUMP
Preparation of DOR Strategy
19 Department of Roads 2054/1 2054/8 Bharati Sharma Initiation of RMRP funded by IDA
Initiation of Transport policy
20 Department of Roads 2054/8 2056/6 Niranjan Prasad Chalise
Initiation of Bardibas-Sindhuli Road Project

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