It has been found that 153 contracts for bridges and roads across the country are sick because of construction professionals. It has also been found that there is no progress as expected in the construction of bridges and roads due to local obstacles in preparation, construction and faulty design.

According to the report on management of sick contracts prepared by the three-member team under the coordination of Arjun Prasad Aryal, deputy director general of maintenance division under the road department, contracts worth 14 billion 15 million rupees have become sick . It has the highest number of bridges . Despite the extension of his term time and again, the progress is not as expected . According to the

report, the number of contracts with an initial term is 332. Likewise, the number of contracts that have been extended at least once is 1,888 and the number of contracts that have been extended according to the thirteenth public procurement regulation amendment is 562. The number of contracts that are pending to be finalized after the completion of the work and the fiscal year is 581 . The report states that there are 1,144 regular contracts, 188 problematic contracts, 153 sick contracts and 14 solution-oriented contracts. According to the

report, the number of large projects under foreign resources is 26. The contracts from 2072 have not been completed yet. An example of that is the Bangari Nadi Bridge in Bara. The contract for this bridge was made on June 29, 2071. According to the initial contract agreement, its work should be completed on June 23, 2073. As mentioned in the progress report, the progress of the contract taken by 'Elite-Mona JV' for 5 crore 43 lakhs is 89 percent . Which is progress up to the end of last June . In the

report, it is mentioned that the construction was delayed due to lack of work from the businessmen. It has been 6 years since the motorable bridge contract was awarded at Dudhkoshi at Diplighat in Solukhumbu. That is, according to the contract signed on June 24, 2075, its construction should be completed on June 23, 2078. But as mentioned in the report, the progress is only 20 percent . MS Mahadev Khimti-Hirachan JV has taken the contract for 10 crore 18 lakh rupees . Similarly, the contract for the construction of Mahadev Khola bridge on Miteri Marg in Kageshwari Manohara Municipality-3 and Kathmandu Metropolitan Municipality-4 has not been completed. 

On January 18, 2075, Sky Builders Pvt. Despite having a contract worth 37.6 million, the progress is still zero. According to the report, the work could not be done due to the obstruction of the locals.

It has been found that the contract is sick due to lack of necessary preparations, problems related to construction materials, and managerial incompetence of construction professionals. In the case of construction professionals, it is mentioned in the report that technical manpower is not kept as per requirement, problems in cash flow management, mobilization funds are used elsewhere to delay the start of construction work .

_{The bridge under construction on Chandi River located in Chandrapur-4 of Rautahat.} 

It is found in the report that when the bids are submitted at extremely 'low bidding' from the construction businessmen and the contract score is minimum compared to the estimate, the businessmen have difficulties in mobilizing resources according to the schedule during the contract. Drawing disputes and design changes in the case of bridges are a problem. As mentioned in the procurement master plan, the work has also been affected due to the fact that there is no budget that should be allocated annually and the payment cannot be made during the construction.

It is mentioned in the report that the construction work has been affected due to delays in the decision to be made during the execution of the contract by the government agencies . Aryal-led committee took more than one and a half months to prepare the report. Senior Divisional Engineer Krishnaraj Adhikari and Amit Kumar Sharma were members of the committee along with Aryal. Although the team submitted a report to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport last October, its implementation is just beginning. Sushil Babu Dhakal, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport said that the report has been submitted and sent to the concerned department. "The biggest challenge is the management of sick contracts," he said, "in some cases, projects have become sick due to the budget."

Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Devendra Dahal gave a ministerial decision on July 23 and directed to prepare the details regarding the sick contracts under the road department. Accordingly, the Aryal-led team has prepared a report. Aryal, deputy director general of the committee coordinator and maintenance division, said that the details of the sick contract have been prepared internally in consultation with the project and planning office.

"There are four regional offices of the federal road," Aryal said, "those offices have been asked to study and organize them in this regard." Aryal said that despite not being able to provide a working space and budget on time, the work has been delayed. "In the report, we have separated the contracts of less than 20 million, more than 20 million and foreign contracts," he said, "we are doing more work to manage it." It is mentioned in the report. In such a situation, the state has to pay a lot of money including interest, according to the report.

Tikulia bridge under construction in Gaur Municipality of Rautahat for 12 years. 

It is mentioned in the report that because the project has to be completed within the stipulated time, there will be a risk of misuse of the mobilization, bond funds, and the guarantee.

_{Director General of Roads Department Ramhari Pokharel said that what is the condition of the contract mentioned in the report . "According to the received report, now it is the contract of the Jun-Jun project office," he said, "we have separated it and sent it to the respective offices." We have asked for details on how the contract can be resolved within January 15.' Then how can it be resolved, the sick contracts will be managed by taking measures, he said.}

Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Dahal has instructed the employees to pay attention to the management of sick projects. "Due to stalled and sick projects, the construction work did not stop," he said at a conference organized by the road department in Biratnagar on December 24 and 25. Ailing contracts should be terminated on the basis of summary'

The construction professionals present at the national meeting of the businessmen affiliated to the Federation of Nepal Construction Professionals emphasized that the sick contracts should be terminated on the basis of summary are . Saturday  In the meeting, suggestions were collected from the builders regarding excessive price increase and black market in construction materials including cement, lack of payment, cancellation of concessions received from the National Bank, management of patient contracts, etc. More than 400 construction professionals from 7 state federations, 64 districts and associates participated in the gathering.

Federation president Ravi Singh said that the construction industry is in a big problem now. "The construction industry has been hit because the arrears that should have been paid for the previous financial years have not yet been paid," Singh said, "The construction industry has not been able to get the payment for the work done in the current financial year." Chairman Singh claims that it is problematic.