Kaligandaki Corridor

NH48 or Kaligandaki Corridor (Nepali: काली गन्डकी राजमार्ग) is an under construction 254 kilometres (158 mi) long highway in Nepal starting from Gaidakot,Nabalpur and ending at Korala, the northern part near the Chinese border. It is one of the National Pride Projects. After the completion, about 1 million people of 10 districts will have direct access to motorable road. The road is also predicted to become a trading route between Nepal, India and China.^[1]

Kaligandaki Corridor
राष्ट्रिय राजमार्ग ४८
National Highway 48
NH48 in red line
NH48 at Jomsom in 2014
Route information
Maintained by MoPIT (Department of Roads)
Length	254 km (158 mi)
Existed	under construction–present
History	Under Construction
Major junctions
North end	Korala
Major intersections	Kagbeni, Beni, Kushma, Kaligandaki, Satyawati, Ridi Bazar
South end	Tansen
Location
Country	Nepal
Provinces	Lumbini, Gandaki
Districts	Palpa, Gulmi, Baglung, Parbat, Myagdi, Mustang
Highway system
Roads in Nepal
← NH47 → NH49

The route passes though Midhills and Himalayan mountains. Main locality includes Palpa, Syangja, Parbat, Baglung and Muktinath.^[2]

The road is being constructed by multiple contractors, including Nepal Army’s Road Construction Division.^[3][4] The project was started on 3 December 2018 and scheduled for completion by December 2021.^[2]

The highway NH48 ends and meets NH47 at Tansen and the NH47 further goes to Indo-Nepal border to Belahiya near Siddharthanagar.

Vairabshtan road, Palpa a part of NH48 Kaligandaki Corridor

See also

• List of roads in Nepal
• National Pride Projects