After the second wave of the Corona epidemic, the federal government built grand holding centers at eight checkpoints in the year 2078 to manage the number of infected people. All the holding centers built at a cost of around one and a half billion rupees at the main checkpoints of the country have now become derelict.

The holding centers built at Kakdavitta in Jhapa, Rani in Biratnagar in Morang, Birgunj in Parsa, Krishnanagar in Kapilvastu, Jamunah in Banke, Trinagar in Kailali and Mahendranagar in Kanchanpur for the purpose of keeping those coming from India in the border area for a few days for health check-up have not been put into use. Each holding center has a capacity of 1000 people. Each holding center has at least 20 buildings, 1,000 beds and other necessary equipment. However, when the union, state and local levels did not show interest, all were locked and guarded by the army.  

At the same time, state-of-the-art structures were built in Biratnagar and Jhapa in the border areas of Koshi province with an investment of about half a billion. These structures are not only useless now, but also dilapidated, after the epidemic subsided after the construction. "The building has started to be covered with weeds," said Devi Prasad Khatiwada, a local who always comes to graze goats at the holding center in Biratnagar, "The situation is bad."

A state-of-the-art holding center has been set up in about five bighas of Biratnagar Jutmill . In the past, this land had mango and lychee orchards . Khatiwada, who is also a former employee of a jute mill, said jokingly, "First mangoes were growing litchi, now the house has grown." A total of 59 small-big buildings have been constructed in this land. It has 22 attached bathrooms, 15 kitchens, two doctor's rooms, quarantine and beds for up to a thousand people.

Bagar's holding center is the same

The condition of the holding center built on a four bigha land of Hadiya Khola located in Jhapa's Mechinagar-14 is also similar to that of Biratnagar . The semi-permanent structure of 1000 beds built for Corona control is now unused. This center, built at a cost of around 22 million rupees, is being maintained by the army.

The holding center of Jhapa has been built on the Ailani land 20 km away from the border crossing. According to Bimal Acharya, the former head of Mechinagar, the government's plan was to build a holding center near Nakan, but it was built far away without getting land. "Because they were built in a hurry, the floors and stairs have started to collapse," said local Mustufa Mohammad.
Minister of Internal Affairs and Law of Koshi Province Revathiraman Bhandari said that the unused holding center in Biratnagar can be used as a drug addiction rehabilitation center. According to Bhandari, the matter of using it as a government reform center is being discussed. Bhandari said, "The ministry is planning to use it as an improvement center in coordination with the police."

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The holding center built by Hanuman Construction at the cost of 279 million rupees at the Birgunj customs complex in Birgunj has been unused since its construction . The center has 20 separate quarantine halls with a capacity of 50 people. Apart from that, there is an administrative building, a separate building for doctors, a modern kitchen and a toilet.

The chief district officer of Parsa, Ganesh Aryal, said that the Ministry of Home Affairs has recently written a letter to hand over the center to the armed police. "Recently, a letter to this effect has been received from home," he said, "I am also coordinating with the Nepalese army colonel in the district." He said that it is necessary to have security personnel there to protect the infrastructure in the holding center and the taps in the toilets from theft.

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The 1,000-bed holding center built in Kapilvastu has been stalled due to the lack of clarity on the modality of operation and the operating body. Hanuman Construction contracted with the Army to build a holding center and handed it over to Omastyasai Construction of Chitwan.

A holding center with 600 beds in Krishnanagar Bazar and 400 beds in Shivanagar has been built at a cost of 276.7 million. Prazia Dilkumar Tamang said that the holding center could not be operated due to no decision from the center.

Even though the district health office has written to the army through the district administration, no decision has been made, said Gaurav Dhakal, head of the health office. He said that they are trying to use the holding center for health-related work.
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The holding center built by the army with a capacity of 1,000 beds at 14 Bhavniapur of Nepalgunj sub-metropolitan city of Banke is currently unused. Soldiers are stationed to protect the holding center. The center has 22 different blocks. Modern taps and toilets have been built. There is a separate oxygen chamber. Two buildings have been allocated for doctors and health workers. There are large living and dining rooms.

The holding center, which looks like a hospital, was handed over to the army by the contractor on July 13 last year. The contractor company, which was built at a cost of 293.8 million rupees, has already handed over the building to the army. The army is now guarding the holding center .

Ravin Shrestha, the chief soldier of Bajradal Gana, said that the army is only providing protection. The center has become useless due to the confusion about which of the central, provincial and local governments the army will hand over. A building contract was signed on July 24, 2078 for the construction of the center.

The chief district officer of Banke, Dharmaraj Joshi, said that he had no information about the center. "Until now, there is no information about how to use it," he said, "all the instructions and suggestions should come from the Ministry of Home Affairs." But there is no instruction about that since I came.'  

The holding center of Dhangadhi is becoming dilapidated

Many people do not guess that there are many government buildings in the middle of the dense forest area near the Trinagar border on the banks of Mohana river in Trinagar of Dhangadhi. There is a fence around the area where there is an attractive but discolored building covered with blue zinc. Mulgate has a round-the-clock army guard .

About four years ago, 50 blocks with quarantine rooms, doctor's rooms, toilets and kitchens were constructed in that area at a cost of 288.1 million. But they are all useless . There are 300 beds in 14 quarantine blocks. Raj Bahadur Air, Ward Chairman of Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan-3, the area where the holding center is located, says that it is necessary for the union government to hand over the structures built by the government at the cost of crores to the local or state government immediately. "All the infrastructure including oxygen required for the operation of health institutions are available there," Ward President Ayer said, "Maternity center or senior citizen or children treatment center could be operated." If that didn't happen, we would have been able to build a school.''

Even though the local level and the state are lobbying that it should be operated under them, the union government has not handed it over to them . Shivraj Joshi, information officer of Kailali district administration, said that it has not been decided who will be handed over the holding center, which was built at a cost of 288.1 lakh 12 thousand in 078/79. According to him, since the beginning, the holding center has been taken care of by the Army's Bhawani Dal Gana Boradandi at Attaria.
The construction of the holding center was started by signing a contract on 03 June 078 for those returning to the country from Gouriphanta, the main border crossing of the Far West. By the time the holding center was ready in May 079, the holding center structure could not be used as the epidemic had started to subside.

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In Kanchanpur's Bhimdatta Municipality-18 Salghari, 59 structures including 22 large structures with a capacity of 50 beds, 3 kitchens, 12 dining halls and 22 toilets have been constructed for 299.99 million. Inside the

building, there are beds, chairs, and tables. But there is no one to take care of him. "A big structure has been built, but it is useless," said Lakshman Dhakal, chief district officer of Kanchanpur, "There is confusion about its operation."

Parvat Portel (Viratnagar), Navraj Subedi (Jhapa), Shankar Acharya (Parsa), Manoj Poudel (Kapilvastu), Rupa Gahatraj (Nepalgunj), Arjun Shah (Dhangadhi) and Bhavani Bhatt (Kanchanpur)