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Although the contract has been extended four times, the construction company has stalled the road construction work. Locals are angry after the construction of the road connecting Shantipur via Kushmisera to Rangkhani, Namduk Bareng, which is located in Jaimini Municipality of Baglung, has been stalled. Despite extending the deadline four times in 6 years, the construction of the road is only 57 percent.
The strategic road under construction to connect the two districts has been stalled due to the contractor. Due to the negligence of the contracted 'Sharma Caravan Joint Construction Company', the locals are forced to travel through Hilamme road in dust and rain in winter. The locals demand that the license of the contractor who does not work after extending the deadline many times should be revoked . Also, they have demanded to cancel the contract immediately and start new work.
'What should we expect from a contractor who can't finish half of a 10 km road even in 6 years,' said local Bhim Srish, 'The working method should be improved.' . He accused the contractors of stalling the work by being close to the political leadership.
The locals have drawn the attention of the Infrastructure Development Office and the Chief Minister and the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure. 'We have suffered a lot, if we don't struggle, this road will not be built', said local Tejnath Upadhyay, 'There should be a system of jailing those who stall the work of the state.' He suggested that the contractor should be investigated. They complain that construction businessman Chandra Thakali took the local people into their confidence and delayed the work. Chief Minister Surendra Pandey has also assured that he will take steps to return the contractor to work immediately.
Villagers who have not worked within January have warned that they will start another phase of the movement and that the government should take responsibility for it . According to the Infrastructure Development Office, the construction company has done 57 percent work in 6 years. Dinesh Kumar Ghimire, Head of Infrastructure Development Office, Baglung said that 56 percent of the total amount has been recovered during that period.
The road agreement was signed on October 29, 2076. Ghimire said that the contractor company has paid 147.3 million rupees for the contract agreement at the cost of 24 million 58 million 57 thousand rupees.
Karna Builders, who signed the contract on the same date, completed the work on the Pagja Sarange section 6 months before the scheduled time. After the warning of the Sangharsa Samiti, the representative of the contractor, Tejraj Shahi, has claimed that the work will be completed by the end of March. "Now the work of gravelling and paving is left, we will do it soon," Shahi said, "The paving work will start as soon as summer starts." The locals have complained that they have not received the rent of the land given to keep the material, and the wages of the workers. They have also demanded that the contractor company ignores the fact that they have not paid 2.2 million in wages, borrowed food and land rent to the local workers and that the amount should be collected through the administration .
