Rural roads
How rural roads work in the Nepal hills
The jeep track to a district headquarters is the end of a long chain: a district plan that ranks it, crews who cut it by hand, a maintenance group that clears it after every monsoon. These explainers show how that chain works and why a road open in May can be closed in July.
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How rural roads are built in Nepal's hills
How hill roads in Nepal are planned and built: the rural road standards, labour-based Green Roads, dry stone walls, phased widening and who decides.
Rural roadsRoad maintenance groups: who keeps Nepal's hill roads open
How Road Maintenance Groups keep Nepal's rural roads in working order: who joins, what the crews repair, how they are paid and how a road is inspected.
Rural roadsDistrict Transport Master Plans: how Nepal plans its rural roads
What a District Transport Master Plan is, why Nepal updated it in 30 districts, the core road network it defines and how municipalities now plan roads.
Rural roadsMugu-Humla link road: the 67 km road to Chankheli
The Mugu-Humla link road explained: who built it, its length and width, the bridges, the monsoon, and what was reported on Humla's road links to 2026.
Rural roadsLandslides and road safety on Nepal's hill roads
Why unplanned hill roads trigger landslides in Nepal, what a 2018 study found within 100 m of roads, and the night-time travel bans of September 2026.
Rural roadsTrail bridges in Nepal: how many, who builds them, what they change
Nepal's trail bridges explained: a government count of 8,444 against 10,000 plus elsewhere, how they are built, who runs them and what they changed.
Rural roadsWhat roads changed in remote Nepal: markets, work and landslides
What rural roads changed in Karnali and Nepal's hills: markets and work after the Karnali Highway, the evidence from 200 wards, and the landslide cost.