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]

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Kanti Highway
राष्ट्रिय राजमार्ग ३७
National Highway 37
Map
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
NH36 NH38

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

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  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. ^ 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.
  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.