We use Google Cloud Translation Services. Google requires we provide the following disclaimer relating to use of this service:
This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, expressed or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement.
The builders have complained that the government has not provided the amount to be paid immediately, adding more problems to them. They say that the government is reluctant to pay 60 billion rupees to the builders. As a result, the financial pressure on them has increased and some businessmen have even committed suicide, according to the Federation of Nepal Construction Businessmen.
The federation alleges that the government is responsible for the suicide of Dambardatta Bhatt, a construction businessman of Dadeldhura, Amargadhi Municipality-5 on this June 15. "Since the amount given by the government is not paid on time, there is financial pressure on the businessmen," said Ravi Singh, president of the federation, "Unable to cope with this, the businessmen had to choose the path of suicide."
General Secretary of the Federation Roshan Dahal also said that the government has yet to pay 60 billion rupees to the construction industry. "After the release of the 13th amendment of the Public Procurement Regulations, the government has yet to pay 40 billion rupees to the construction business when the deadline was extended," he said, "Due to the insufficient budget and lack of funds for the construction of the current project, the total of 60 billion is 20 billion due a long time ago. The government has yet to give rupees to the businessmen.
There is a legal arrangement to pay government projects for the current financial year only until June 24. As there is only 2/3 days left, the builders have pressed the government to make the payment on time. The builders are worried about not getting their payments on time due to the recent political situation in the country.
"We have also met the new coalition government and informed them about the payment problem," President Singh said, "We are also putting pressure on the current government. Now we only hope that the payment will be made on time.' According to Singh, the construction business has gone to different government offices to transfer the payment amount for the projects of the current financial year and 20 billion rupees is stuck in the Ministry of Finance. Not only the Ministry of Physical, Infrastructure and Transport, but also other ministries are yet to pay the amount of businessmen.
'If the payment is not made on time, the businessmen will have more financial burden,' Singh said, 'Then there will be fear of being blacklisted by the police, banks.' . The federation has also demanded not to issue new contracts until the businessmen's money is paid, and the projects that have no budget assurance and cannot be completed due to problems such as payment should be arranged according to the law.
In a press conference where the federation pressured the government on Friday to pay the businessmen's money on time, Chairman Singh claimed that the deceased Bhatt chose suicide after not receiving the payment of the contract under the local infrastructure development project office for two years.
Deceased Bhatt was an engineer and worked on contract projects for suspension bridges. 'How painful is it for a businessman to die by throwing a knife in his own neck,' Federation President Singh questioned the government and said, 'We have lost not only one or two people, but many friends like this.' were He died during treatment at Seti Provincial Hospital in Dhangadhi.
