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A large number of contracts of the ongoing development projects run the risk of being terminated following the government’s recent amendment to the public procurement regulations stating that no contract may be extended beyond half of the original period.
A study by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority of the various contracts related to seven ministries found that as many as 1,848 projects worth Rs118 billion are incomplete and past their deadlines.
The much awaited Kulekhani-3 Hydropower Project missed its latest completion deadline of January 2019 allegedly due to the dilly dallying by a Chinese contractor hired for the job, according to the Nepal Electricity Authority.
This was the sixth extension of the deadline for Jialin Company, the contractor hired for the hydro and electromechanical works. Although Sino Hydro, another Chinese company, has completed civil works for the 14MW storage project supposed to be over by 2012, power generation has not begun.
The under-construction labour room for the Golbazaar Health Post in Siraha is one of the projects identified by the corruption watchdog as sick. On June 15, 2009, Amrit Nirman Sewa, a construction company, won the contract to build the facility |
