At the starting point of Madhyapahari highway of national pride, the road construction work has become slow. Roshan Shivshakti JV and Santoshi Shivshakti JV, who were responsible for paving the highway in three different sections, were negligent in their work, so the construction could not take off.

So far, only 27% of the first section, 14% of the second section and 49% of the third section have been completed. While this road should have been completed in 2078. 

After the workers left the work due to non-payment of wages by the builders, there is a 51 km area under Madhyapahari Lokmarg. Roshan Shivshakti JV and Santoshi Shivshakti JV, which took responsibility for blackening the highway in three different sections, 150 workers left the job 15 days ago due to non-payment. They complain that they have not received their wages for 6 months. 

The government has repeatedly extended the deadline three times to the company that did not work within the stipulated time. The third extension expires next November. The second volume is even more thrilling due to Santoshi Shivashakti JV.

Nar Bahadur Gurung, a ward member of Yangwarak Rural Municipality-1, says that there is little chance of vehicles passing through the first and third sections during the rainy season. He said that the construction business has yet to pay about one crore wages to the workers.

Construction businessman Surendra Pathak has repeatedly promised to continue the work, but the necessary tools, equipment, devices and manpower have not been provided, according to the Madhyapahari Highway Project Office Fidim. Dipendra Pandey, head of Madhyapahari Lokmarg Project Office, said that despite repeated requests to complete the work of this road connecting Yangwarak-4 Darimba to Oyam Ward 2 Falaincha and Ward 1 Changthapu to Sikkim's border post Chiwabhanjyang, the businessmen did not stop. 

Pandey commented that it is unfortunate that Pathak, the owner of the construction company Santoshi Shivshakti JV, which has taken the contract to blacken the road, got the contract for all the three sections. Residents of Yangwarak Rural Municipality-1, 2 and 3 of Panchthar along with Sidingwa Rural Municipality-1 and 2 of neighboring district Taplejung have been suffering due to road closure. Locals are concerned that there will be difficulty in transporting food and daily consumables to this place during the rainy season. 

District administration office through the project office is discussing to break the contract of this road at the ministerial level, but it has not been meaningful. This condition of the road has happened even though there is no consensus between the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure on how to work after the contract is broken.

In January 2076, Shivshakti Construction Services signed a contract with the government to pave the 51 km road from Darimba to Chiwabhanjaang within 2 years at a cost of 1.25 billion rupees. Expected progress has not been made on this road for 6 years after taking the contract. 

The culverts and causeways installed in various rivers along with the bridges of Oyam river, Osam river and Falam river were swept away by the rains of June 2 last year. If there is no rain in these rivers and streams, even though they can be crossed by vehicles and people, they cannot be crossed during the rainy season. 

Surendra Pathak, the proprietor of Shivshakti Construction Services, claims that he could not work on time due to the increase in the price of petroleum products due to the election of Corona period, 2079. Project head Pandey says that no matter what excuses the contractor makes, they do not pay attention to the work at all. Where they go throughout the winter, when it starts raining, they bring 2-4 workers and leave them in the field. It is his tendency that the road has reached this condition," said Pandey. 

This road connecting Darimba to Chiwabhanjang has been divided into three sections and contracted. The contract for all the three sections was awarded to Shiv Shakti Nirman Seva in a joint venture (JV). Roshan/Shivashakti JV has bagged the contract for the first segment, Santoshi/Shivashakti JV for the second segment and Roshan/Shivashakti JV for the third segment. However, the proprietor of all the three sections is Surendra Pathak. Mohan Limbu, a driver, says that nowadays it takes a whole day to cross the 21 km road from Tharpu to Changthapu, which can be covered in about two hours before the rains start.