Hallesi Pumping Water Project: Not completed even after 7 years of awarding the contract

According to Halesi Tuwachung Municipality Spokesperson Kamal Giri, the Halesi Dry Area Pumping Project was conducted by the Federal Water Supply and Sewerage Management Project to deliver drinking water to consumers in the Halesi area. Various construction companies had contracted to complete the project at a cost of Rs 964444,138. However, Giri said that in addition to the delay in the said work, the last phase of the work has been stalled. According to

Giri, Halesi Tuwachung Municipality-8 from Mahadevbesi in Salle to Halesi Tuwachung Municipality-7 Halesi Kavredanda under Package No. 1 and ward no. 1 Diva-Mahadev-Khimti Construction Company had signed an agreement on 21 June 2074 to draw water from Kaduwa Lilimabesi in Bahunidanda to Bhumjudanda using lifting technology. However, Giri says that the builders have repeatedly extended the deadline and not worked. "The deadline has been extended four times," he said, "People suffered due to the misbehavior of the builders." According to Vipul Kumar Lal Das, Project Chief Engineer of the Federal Water Supply and Sewerage Management Project, which will cost about 330 million during the last variation of the plan. City spokesperson Giri said that besides the residents suffering due to the construction company, the state also had to bear the financial burden. "The people have suffered because of the contractor, the state has also had to bear the financial burden," said Giri, "the water supply office is also involved in this."

Among them, Das said that only 2 out of 6 pumps for drawing water under the mainline work of package number 1 have been installed and the other 4 are yet to be installed . Das said that the main line work of package number 2 has been completed but the work of the branch line is still pending. Under the scheme, water has been distributed to about one hundred households and water is yet to be distributed to about three hundred households. Das said that 85 percent of the economic progress of both works has been seen. The work of the construction company that has taken the contract for the work of the branch line is also stalled. _{Lama Construction took the contract to distribute the water drawn from Lilimabesi to Bhumjudanda to 2,409 households in Ward No. 1, 2, 3. But Giri said that the construction company could not distribute water to the Kaduwa area. The contract was signed on July 1, 2075 at a cost of Rs. The construction company has taken the contract for three tanks of 400,000 liters capacity, one of 300,000 liters capacity, five tanks of 100,000 liters capacity and four kilometers of pipeline extension.}

Similarly, Pani Nagar ward no. Raman-Sagarmatha took the contract to distribute to 2488 households of 5, 6 and 7. The contract was signed on July 1, 2075 at a cost of Rs. Under the said project, 73 tanks, 73 DC/DPs were to be constructed . However, Giri says that the construction company has stopped working and is stuck.

Engineer Das said that the distribution could not be done because there was no water in the main line. Ravi Singh, affiliated with Diva-Mahadev-Khimti Construction Company, who took the contract for the main line, said that the variation would be completed within 3-4 months. "The variation of the work has not been completed," said Singh, "the work will be completed within 3-4 months after the variation."