The District Administration Office, Gulmi, has asked the heads of all offices to discuss and submit data on problematic and abandoned events within 7 days.
What you should know
The 'Simaltari-Sautamare-Machhi' road in Gulmi along the Madan Bhandari Highway is at a standstill. Although the deadline for completing the construction of the 16-kilometer section of the Gulmi section and the 15-kilometer section of the Pyuthan section has passed, only 26 percent of the work has been completed.
An agreement was signed between the Madan Bhandari Highway Planning Office, Tamghas, and Shrestha Saksham JV on Kartik 6, 2079 BS to blacktop 31 kilometers of the road. The construction was planned to be completed by Shrawan 5, 2082 BS at a total cost of Rs 1.45 billion.
Similarly, the concrete bridge that was supposed to be built in a year has been stalled for four years. The concrete bridge in Ward No. 5, Kukhure Khola, ISMA Rural Municipality, which was agreed on Magh 21, 2077 BS, was supposed to be completed by Magh 17, 2078 BS, but it has been stalled even after four years.
An agreement was signed between the Road Infrastructure Office, Tamghas, Gulmi, and Atreya Bhusal Basnet JV, Kathmandu, on Magh 21, 2077 BS to complete the bridge within a year. The construction contract was signed for a total cost of Rs 24.3 million, but the construction businessmen are out of contact.
In addition, the work to blacktop 40 kilometers of the Gulmi section of the ‘Saljhandi-Sandhikharka-Dhorpatan’ road is at a slow pace, although the work is underway. Bright/Himal/MM JV has been entrusted with the construction of an 8.3-kilometer road from Sirseni in Gulmi to Gangare via Arkhabang on 2081 Kartik 7 and will complete it on 2084 Kartik 7. 25 percent of which has been completed. Road widening, culvert construction and structure construction work are underway in this area.
Similarly, although construction work started in the last week of last Baisakh, the Chidichaur playground was left abandoned after the soil was removed and left as it is. Ramechhap Construction Kathmandu was entrusted with the construction at a cost of Rs 10 million through the Social Development Division Office of the Lumbini Provincial Government, Palpa. The work was stalled despite repeated requests. However, work has now started.
Not only this, most of the projects being implemented in Gulmi are in a state of abeyance. The projects of roads, office buildings, playgrounds and bridges under construction are in a state of abeyance, and some are in a state of abeyance.
Regarding these and similar stalled projects, the District Administration Office, Gulmi, has discussed with the heads of all offices and asked them to send the data on problematic and stalled projects within 7 days. Chief District Officer Badrinath Gairhe informed that all offices have demanded details of stalled and problematic projects. ‘We are collecting the details within 7 days and holding a meeting within 15 days,’ he said, ‘after that, the problematic works will move forward.’
