The Itahari Planning Office under the Postal Highways Directorate published a notice on Thursday stating that the contract agreement has ended.
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The contract for the Kankai Bridge in Jhapa, for which a purchase agreement was signed 14 years ago, has been terminated. The Itahari Planning Office under the Postal Highways Directorate published a notice on Thursday stating that the contract agreement has ended.
The contract of which was won by Pappu-Mahadev Khimti JV for 349 million . The Planning Office has stated that it will send a letter to the Public Procurement Monitoring Office to blacklist both companies .
Earlier, the Planning Office had issued a public notice on Asoj 31, giving 15 days to explain why the contract should not be terminated . The construction progress of the bridge so far is only 56 percent . The agreement to build the 725-meter-long bridge was signed on 29 Jestha 2068, and the work should have been completed on 29 Jestha 2072 .
Pappu Construction, which won the contract for the Kankai Bridge, has been blacklisted by the Public Procurement Monitoring Office after it also stalled other projects . This company belongs to former MP Harinarayan Rauniyar . He is not allowed to take new contracts .
After he was unable to complete the work on this contract, the company Mahadev Khimti, which was in the form of a JV, was doing it. Mahadev Khimti Construction belongs to Ravi Singh, President of the Federation of Nepal Construction Entrepreneurs.
It has been stated that the performance security amount will be confiscated as per the provisions of the Act, the amount required to complete the remaining work will be recovered as government dues and it has been recommended to be blacklisted. A request has been made to appear in the office within 15 days to measure and evaluate the work updated so far and the remaining work and make financial settlement. If the construction entrepreneur is not present in the office, the office will conduct a measurement.
Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Physical Infrastructure and Transport and Urban Development Kulman Ghising told the local residents that a decision would be taken soon on the construction of the bridge after conducting an on-site inspection on 26 Ashoja. The locals had demanded the immediate completion of the bridge construction as they were suffering due to the lack of a bridge and the impact on trade, business and tourism promotion.
Minister Ghising also instructed subordinate bodies to terminate unhealthy contracts to end the trend of accepting contracts but not completing them and stalling projects.
