en Panchkoshi Highway

National Highway 60
National Highway 60
राष्ट्रिय राजमार्ग ६०
Surkhet - Dailekh - Nakchelagna
	NH60 in red
	NH60 in Dailekh
Route information
	Maintained by MoPIT (Department of Roads)
Length	288.23 km (179.10 mi)
Major junctions
North end	Nakchelagna
	Duikhamba, Pallo Kalimati
Sourh end	Surkhet
Location
Country	Nepal
Provinces	Karnali Province
Districts	Surkhet District, Dailekh District, Kalikot District, Jumla District and Mugu District
Highway system
	Roads in Nepal;

Panchkoshi Highway (National Highway 60, NH60) is a proposed national highway in Nepal which is being constructed in Karnali Province. The total length of the highway is supposed to be 288.23 kilometres (179.10 mi). According to SNH2020-21 125.67 kilometres (78.09 mi) of the road has already been opened and 60.67 km (37.70 mi) of the road has been paved.^[1]^[2]

The Highway NH59 named Panchkoshi after The Panchkoshi pilgrimage sites located in Dailekh District.^[3] The highway will link the southern part of the country with Nankche-Nagla (Nepa-China border).^[4]

The highway is mainly divided into 4 sections:

Surkhet – Dailekh road
Dailekh - Odhari road
Nagma - Gamgadhi road
Gamgadhi – Nakchelagna road

The 67-km road linking Dailekh to the mid-western hub of Surkhet has been in a miserable condition ever since it was opened in 1993.^[5] The Gamgadhi-Nakchelagna road construction project that was started in the fiscal year 2072–73 BS (2015–16) has reported the construction of just an 18-kilometre section. However, its detailed survey was concluded a decade earlier in 2062–63 BS.^[6]