As the compensation dispute could not be resolved, the construction work of the railway track at Bagmati-Dhansar section of Rautahat has been stopped. Even after more than 4 years have passed, the work has not been completed.

A contract has been signed for 5 packages towards Rautahat. Out of which four have taken the final payment . The contractor has taken the payment amid the dispute of compensation . Now the contractor has to wait only two years for the repair .

The land owner has not allowed to work in an area of about 100 meters west of the Chandi river towards Rautahat of the Mechi-Mahakali electric train, which is a project of national pride. After Ailani land owner Chandeshwar Bachhar and others demanded compensation, the work has not been done in 100 meters west of Chandi river under package number 4 . The government has not provided any compensation to Ailani except for the land. The office of the East-West Rail Project in Sarlahi said that the compensation can be given only after it is approved by the Council of Ministers.

Contract number four was awarded to Lama/Golden/Plant JV . The owner of the JV, Gyalje Sherpa, said that the work was delayed because the compensation dispute was not resolved. "We have told the railway department to resolve the dispute and create a working environment," he said, "because of the compensation, it was difficult to complete the work on time."

Golden also has a forest in the contract area. Even in the forest area, the work of placing Golden's gravel is left. Ailani landlord has stopped the work in the 165 meter area of Brahmatol of Package No. 1 . The railway office says that the contractor is not allowed to work in that area. The contract for this package has been taken by Santoshi Contain JV. 

While placing gravel in an area of about 60 meters near Ambukhola of package 2, Ailani landowner Jageshwar Chaudhary has stopped the work saying that he has not given compensation . Lumbini, Apex, Thani JV got the contract for the said package. Amidst the compensation dispute, the contractor has taken the final payment . Package 3 work has been completed and the final bill has been taken . The contract was awarded to Himdung-Kakkanai JV. The railway office has said that there is no land compensation dispute in this package. Packages number 1, 4 and 5 include national forest area.

As the land compensation dispute continues for 6 years, the track construction work of some packages of the Mechi-Mahakali electric railway project has stopped . Kiran Karki, head of Sarlahi railway project, claims that the work has stopped due to compensation and rain. "In the case of Elani land, we have prepared the file and given it to the department," he said, "maybe it will be decided soon." Then the contractor starts the work . Now the rain has also started.'

Except for package number 4, everyone has taken the final installment payment . Now they have to wait for the repair time for 2 years according to the railway office . According to the office, if it breaks down within two years, the contractor must repair it at his own expense. Out of the five packages, contractors number 1 and 2 have left the area where the compensation is disputed and have taken the final payment . Engineer Bhuvan Kumar Yadav of Railway Office Sarlahi said that if the dispute is resolved, whether to resume work or to make another contract is not certain. Under the

project, five packages of track and culvert construction have been awarded in the Rautahat section . It is mentioned in the contract that the work of all the packages should be completed within 14th of January 2078 . According to Engineer Yadav, the construction company has been delayed for various reasons.

"The work has been completed in all areas except for the area with Ilani land," he said, "The contractor has received the final bill". There is only time left to repair them . Due to various reasons, we have extended the deadline up to 3/4 times towards Rautahat.' After the compensation dispute was not settled, the contractor has already taken the payment. Roshan Kumar Shrestha JV, which got the contract for package number 1, said that the railway project was completed a year ago. There was no compensation dispute in this package.

According to the project, there is no basis for compensation due to the lack of documents or evidence of those occupying the land. They have interrupted the work demanding compensation. Saroj Chaudhary, a resident of Chandi River area in Chandrapur-5, claims that he should get compensation for the land he has been enjoying for a long time.

2076 A contract has been awarded for the construction of a 22 km track from Bagmati to Dhansar in Bara towards Rautahat, which has been under construction since October 2076. According to the project, there is an agreement to build railway gravel, soil, base, bridge, box culvert along with greenery. It is mentioned in the contract that the contractor will hand over all the work including its maintenance on January 14, 2078.

The work could not be accelerated after the Ailani land owner asked for compensation . The railway project has been deceiving the Ailani landowners by saying that they cannot give compensation to those other than Lalpurza . But they say that the railway project has been obstructing for the last one year demanding compensation for the Ailani land they are enjoying. "The Land Commission should have cleared the compensation dispute of Elani landowners, or the government should have cleared it," he said. After that, the railway staff were not even allowed to come to the site. They even tried to surround the contractor's vehicle and attack. The railway office did not make it public. Railways filed a complaint with the police against such action of the landowner. But some leaders of the political parties did not allow the legal process to go ahead saying that it should be arranged internally, said a railway contractor.

 The locals had blocked the construction work for about 4 months demanding that the Kulopaini should be re-evaluated and the price of the land should be increased. The landlord had also formed a struggle committee. Then the work was interrupted by the corona epidemic. Now, although the dispute over the Numari land has been resolved, Ailani's rail project has not been finalized. 

The contract for a package in the Rautahat area is worth about 700 million . The construction company should work on railway gravel, soil, base, bridge, box culvert and greenery. According to the railway department, the length of the electric railway will be 945 km long.

Locals are waiting for the compensation of their land seized by the railway department in Mahottari. Even though the compensation was decided a year ago and distributed to some places, the locals of Bardiwas-14 railway station area have not received nearly one bigha. Balkumari Hamal of Bardiwas said that after the land registration of 14 local families, who have been living there for 50 years, was found to be exempt, the railway department refused to give compensation saying that the land had been declared illegal.