What you should know
The road leading to Gufachaur in Tansen Municipality-10 Telgha is being paved with the help of the World Bank. However, due to the delay in work by Vedansi Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, which got the contract for road construction, 69.8 million of the allocated budget of 35 million could not be spent.
The deadline for the construction of the road, which was agreed to be completed in 13 months, has expired in May. His physical progress is 70 percent. The municipality has extended the deadline by 67 days.
1 crore received from the road board, 1 crore allocated for sewage management, 70 lakh from the local infrastructure support program etc. were not used. According to Chief Administrative Officer Pitambar Pandey, even the amount reduced from the cost estimate could not be spent when the contract was awarded. As a result, the capital expenditure is reduced, he said.
The capital cost of building a new bus park at Tansen is disappointing. According to Accounting Officer Krishna Prasad Gyawali, the capital expenditure of Tansen Municipality is 66.52 percent. Out of the allocated 907.9 million, 604 million has been spent. On the other hand, 56 lakh 11 thousand out of 628 million has been spent.
In Nisdi rural municipality, the capital expenditure is also 67.27 percent. According to Accounts Officer Saroj Kafle, out of 188 million, 1265 million has been spent. A large amount of money was saved when the businessmen did the work on the administrative building under construction in Nisdi, Kem Khamcha Marg road etc. on time.
73.8 percent capital expenditure has also been incurred in Rainadevi Chhahara Rural Municipality. Accounting officer Leelamani Basyal said that the percentage of capital expenditure is low when construction professionals do not work on large projects. He said that even though nearly 30 million could not be paid for the work of Sundaredhunga-Saljhandi road, the capital expenditure was low.
77.84 percent of Purvkhola and 79.01 percent of Rampur have been capital expenditure. The capital expenditure of Tinau, Rambha, Mathagadhi, Ribdikot, Bagnaskali Rural Municipality is around 80 percent. Shashindra Khati, Head of Fund and Accounts Control Office informed that the total capital expenditure of 10 local levels of the district is 73.08 percent. The capital budget of two municipalities and eight rural municipalities was 2.5 billion 3.8 million out of 6.89 billion 1.8 million in the financial year 2081/82.
