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Kathmandu. The construction of the Nagdhunga-Mugling road has been halted due to a shortage of bitumen, which is essential for blacktopping the road.Gyanendra Ghimire, a representative of the construction company Jiangsu Sagun JV, stated that work had to be stopped because of a global bitumen shortage caused by tensions in the Middle East during the peak construction season. Ghimire noted that suppliers are canceling orders, citing an extreme scarcity in the international market.The final blacktopping of a 6-kilometer stretch of the Nagdhunga-Naubise section, which is in its final phase of construction, has already been completed. Ghimire explained that work on...