Butwal-Narayangadh road extension was not completed even in the second extended deadline

Even in normal rains, the roads are slippery and the traffic is blocked and the East and West Nawalparasi sections are jammed for hours. It took until Saturday afternoon for smooth operation of traffic on the damaged road in Chormara, Madhyabindu Municipality of West Nawalparasi. Even now, the road is closed during normal rains. Even when the water is stopped, the problem is increasing due to the lack of repair of damaged roads.

The local administration, the local level and the road department have repeatedly asked the contractor to speed up the work, but the contractor has not budged. Bhimalal Adhikari, Head of Madhyabindu Municipality, said that they agree with the local administration and road department staff, but when they do not work accordingly, the problem is repeated time and again. "The contractor does not say anything about why the work has been delayed, the work did not seem to accelerate until it is clear whether it is due to lack of funds or other reasons," he said. '

Locals and travelers have been complaining to the local head and district administration about the poor condition of the road. The contractor company has been making various excuses even though the travel on this road section is very difficult due to dust in summer and mud in rain. At the initiative of the district coordination committee, a discussion was also held between the contractor, the local level and the administration on Monday. Baburam Bishwakarma, Head of the District Coordination Committee, said that since the contractor is only accusing the government side and the government side is blaming the contractor company in the discussion, he has instructed to fix the gap within a week and facilitate the transportation. Passengers have suffered. But it seems that the contractor has not heeded the request of the government side,'' Vishwakarma said, 'The work has been delayed due to not mobilizing sufficient manpower and making various excuses. Now the time has come to find a solution from the center.'

The contractor company has been claiming that the government delayed the tree cutting order after the start of the contract, that three years were wasted due to the Corona epidemic, and the work was delayed and that it suffered a loss of 6 billion rupees. Now showing that there is a lack of funds even for the repair of roads damaged by the rains, the road department has been saying that they will repair the roads and reduce them to the amount they should get later. Rakesh Jha, an engineer of China State Company, admitted that there was a problem in the construction of the road during the rainy season and there was some delay due to lack of sufficient resources for maintenance. "We could not work for three years including tree cutting," said Jha. The highway expansion is being done by dividing the 115 km road into 2 sections. The 64.42 km section from Gaindakot to Downe in Nawalpur is under section 'A' and the 48.58 km section from Downe to Butwal is being worked on in two areas under section 'B'.

According to the contract agreement, the work was to start in 075 March and the construction was to be completed in 079 July. Due to Corona, the lack of construction materials, the deadline for the eastern section was extended until August 11 and the western section until July 11. The deadline was extended for the second time till July 8, 2008, after the work did not speed up even in the first extension. Ashish Thapa Magar, head of the eastern section of the project, said that the problem has increased because the contractor company did not work according to the contract. The deadline expires on July 8. The contractor has not worked as per the contract," said Thapa, adding, "It has not been decided whether to extend the deadline or not. The contractor must submit sufficient proof that he can work in the extended period.'