While the protests were raging in Kathmandu, Pokhara and other cities, work was being done on projects including the Kathmandu-Tarai/Madhesh Expressway. The construction of a 81 meter high bridge is currently underway on the expressway. Similarly, the construction of the tunnel is also underway.
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Work is being done in full swing on the projects contracted under the union, state and local levels. Stakeholders have said that while demonstrations and vandalism are taking place in the main cities and district headquarters, the construction of large infrastructures has not stopped anywhere except intermittently.
Ravi Singh, the president of the Federation of Nepal Construction Professionals, said that there has been no information about any major damage at the construction site. "The buildings that have been constructed and handed over have suffered major damage," said Singh, "but there is no such damage in the projects that are still under construction." "Currently, there are about 20,000 plans and projects in operation, from small to large, with contract agreements at the union, state and local levels," Singh said. "These are around 6 billion."
This includes minor roads, irrigation to major roads and hydropower projects. "All over the country, from the capital Kathmandu to the wards of a district, as many plans and projects are being built through contracts," he said, "this is the approximate number of all of them." Chairman Singh said that the fire caused an estimated loss of 1 billion rupees in the government buildings that had been built and handed over. "There is no problem in the ongoing projects," he said, "all projects are being worked on."
While the protests were raging in Kathmandu, Pokhara and other cities, work was being done on projects including the Kathmandu-Tarai/Madhesh Expressway. Currently, the construction work of the 81 meter high bridge is in progress on the expressway. Similarly, tunnel construction is also underway.
The Nepali Army has said that the work of the expressway has not been affected. The physical progress of the project under the management of the army is 43 percent. The construction cost of this project has been estimated at 2 trillion 11 billion 93 million rupees. 80 billion rupees have been spent so far. The first level of black sheet work has been completed on Nagadhunga-Malekhu, Nagadhunga-Naubise road sections. Work is also underway on the Naubise-Malekhu section. On the other hand, the crusher plant in the Malekhu-Muglin section was damaged when the protesters set it on fire.
According to Vijay Jaisi, Director General of the Road Department, the risk of delaying the construction period has increased due to the burning of the crusher plant that produces construction materials. "Road upgrading work was being done in this section," he said.
Although the Muglin-Pokhara road section was affected for some time, it has started now. Chudaraj Dhakal, project director of the Directorate of Projects (ADB), said that the work was affected for a few days due to the arson and vandalism of the office during the demonstration in Ambukhaireni-Pokhara section. "Even though the work was affected for a few days, it has started now," he said, "Though the planning office and vehicles were damaged, there was no damage to the machines at the construction site." The construction work of Madhyapahari, Hulaki, Madan Bhandari highway and the north-south connecting corridor road has not stopped anywhere. Although only the work of the market area was affected, the project offices said that it has been resumed.
