Although the tall building has been completed, the construction progress is only 86 percent, the construction should be completed before the start of the winter session of the Parliament.
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The deadline of 6 months has been extended for the fifth time for the construction of the Parliament building in Singha Darbar complex. After extending the time till 18th Chait 2081 for the fourth time, the deadline has been extended till 16th December. The demand of the builders was to add one year.
Sunil Thakur, head of the special building project, said that the work is being completed within the added time. MPs are repeatedly raising questions in the parliamentary committee saying that it is a shame that the work of the building under construction in the Singhdarbar complex is not completed on time.
Responsible persons including the President, the Speaker of the House, the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister, and others have given instructions by inspecting and monitoring the under-construction Parliament building from time to time, but the work has not been done as expected. Related ministers and various parliamentary committees are also monitoring it and giving instructions. But according to the monitoring, neither the work has accelerated nor the progress has increased.
The parliament building is being constructed on an area of 172 ropani in the Sinha Darbar complex. Although the five-storey high building has been completed, the construction progress is only 86 percent.
The construction contract was taken by Tundi-Sec JV. The initial contract amount was 5 billion 67 million 27 million rupees, now it has been revised to 6 billion 30 million rupees.
After the House of Representatives election of 2079, its construction was started with the goal of holding the first parliament meeting in the new building. The contract was signed on October 16, 2076 saying that it could be built by October 16, 2079. After the work was not completed according to the initial agreement, the deadline was extended for the first time till 30 Chait 2079, but the work was not completed. For the second time, time was given from May 1, 2080 to October 19, 2080, but there was no progress in the work.
The deadline was extended for the third time from October 20, 2080 to March 19 of the same year, but the work remained slow. After the work was not completed during this period, the deadline was extended till 4th 2081 Chait 18, but the time was extended again when the work was not completed. The project office said that the deadline has been extended to 16th December 2082 to hold the winter session of the Parliament again in the new building. Since
KC-Shyamsundar-Baniyan JV has taken a separate contract for the interior for 2 billion 34 crore 54 lakh rupees, but the work has not been completed. An agreement was reached on June 17, 2080 to complete its work by June 2081. Later the time was extended till 16th Chait 2081. The deadline has been extended till December 16, the progress is only 25 percent. Apart from the construction of this building, the interior contract is separate, according to the special building construction project.
Sunil Thakur, Head of Special Building Project, said that both contracts have expired. "Now the work is being done as much as possible within the extended time," he said, "the letter of credit (LC) has been opened and the goods have been ordered."
The builders say that the construction was delayed when the government did not provide the site on time in the early days. Machakaji Maharjan, director general of the Urban Development and Building Department, said that construction professionals have been instructed to start the winter session from the new parliament building. He said that it was decided to extend the deadline on June 13. He said that since the time will be calculated from that date, the added time is 6 months.
"The time has been extended, if the work is not done within this time, we will make it work by imposing a fine," Maharjan said, "If there is no progress in the work even after that, there is no option to break the contract." "The work is being done now, they said we can do it anyway, if not, action will be taken, the contract will be terminated," he said, "this is the last chance, no more excuses will work."
