Abandoned hospital due to lack of budget

The hospital, which had an agreement to complete construction in 2080, has stalled due to lack of sufficient budget.

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Abandoned hospital due to lack of budget

Construction of Nisikhola Basic Hospital, which started four years ago, has stalled due to lack of budget. The hospital, which had an agreement to complete construction in 2080, has stalled due to lack of sufficient budget.

For the construction of a 10-bed basic hospital under construction in Nisikhola Rural Municipality-4 Jhimpa, the work started on 20th January 2078.

The construction of the hospital, which was started at a cost of eight million 24 million, was started in 2080. Head of Hindung IS/AC JB Construction, Deepak Kumar Aday informed that only 80 percent of the work has been completed so far. He says that the work has been stopped for a year because the budget did not come. 

He says that there will be no problem in working if he can manage the additional 60 million including the 11 million that is yet to be paid from the municipality. Adai told that there is a problem in not getting the payment for working for a long time. He said that if the municipality had managed the budget, the hospital could have been completed in the previous year. The work of the hospital, which was supposed to be completed next year, was extended until the end of June after the budget was not forthcoming. Adai says that the work cannot be done until the budget comes. 

Adai said, "The work of this hospital is not much anymore, painting, electricity connection and finishing work are left. If there is a budget, the work would be completed in a short time, but the municipality has not yet paid the amount of more than 10 million, apart from that, more budget is needed. If it could be managed, the work would go ahead, if the budget is not available, the work could not be done?"

The chief administrative officer of Nisikhola Rural Municipality, Jeevan Punamar, said that the work was stalled because 15 million did not come from the federal government. He said that since there is a plan under the federal government, the municipality will not be able to put in the budget.

Punmagar said that despite sending a letter to the Ministry of Health and Finance for budget management, it has not been available yet.

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