
It is an open secret that the Mugling-Narayanghat road is in a sorry state and very little has been done to help matters. Instead of putting in any effort to improve the road, the movers and shakers are simply avoiding this section altogether in their travels. In the past, the Area Police Office (APO) at Mugling used to regularly escort high-profile persons, including ministers and other important officials, taking this route. They used to get requests almost every day for security escorts from Mugling to Narayanghat. This has changed of late and no bigwigs have sought escorts from the APO because they are avoiding this route. “We are required to escort former and incumbent ministers whenever necessary. However, we have not received any such request since April 25,” said Inspector Yogendra Bahadur Hamal at the APO.