Madan Bhandari Inner Terai Highway or NH09 (Nepali: मदन भण्डारी भित्री मधेश राजमार्ग) is an ongoing road project in Nepal, which is thought to be 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) long from east to west.
1 and runs through Inner Terai (Dun valleys) area.
It ends at Rupal in Dadeldhura District of Sudurpashchim Province.
It is an alternative road to the East-west Mahendra Highway (NH-1).
[1][2] The 315-kilometre-long section of the highway from Dharan to Hetauda had already been awarded and construction works are ongoing.