There are only 5 months left before the deadline for Prakruti Nirman Pvt. Ltd., which was awarded the contract to construct the building for Rs. 221.7 million, expires.
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The construction of the basic hospital building in Rainadevi Chhahara Rural Municipality of Palpa has been delayed due to the negligence of the construction contractor. Only 28 percent of the work has been completed with five months remaining to complete the construction period. A contract agreement was signed with Prakash Nirman Pvt. Ltd. in Asoj 2080 to complete the work in three years.
According to Anjila Rana, head of the technical branch of Rainadevi Chhahara Rural Municipality, progress has not been achieved so far due to the delay of the construction contractor. 'Working at this pace will not last for years,' she said, 'We have repeatedly requested to speed up the work, but due to the delay, nothing has been done.' Work has begun for the construction of a 15-bed basic hospital at a cost of Rs 221.7 million. But only work including pillars and unfinished floor slopes has been completed.
Rainadevi Chhahara is connected to West Arghakhanchi from the district headquarters. Some wards here are still remote. The concept of a basic hospital was conceived so that mothers who are sick or suffering from labor pains do not have to travel to the district headquarters, Tansen. Local Kabita Khatri said that most of the residents of this area still have to pay expensive car fares to reach the Tansen hospital as well as Butwal even when they are sick. 'Everyone will benefit if a hospital is built in the village,' she said. 'Even after three years, the pillars have not been raised.'
She said that there was joy in the Rainadevi Chhabarabasi when the government announced the hospital with the aim of providing basic health services. By now, 80 percent of the work should have been completed. But the construction business has not mobilized enough laborers at the construction site. Local Kamal Ghimire said that they have not even installed equipment to speed up the work. ‘When the contract process was going ahead, we were hoping to get treatment in our own village,’ he said, ‘we are in a situation where we have to suffer the same pain due to the contractor’s mischief.’
Santosh Kumar Shrestha, site in-charge for the hospital building, said that the work was delayed due to high prices and shortage of oil. He claims that the work will be completed at the last minute. But the engineer flatly denies the construction contractor’s claim due to this situation. Yubaraj Thapa, coordinator and vice-chairman of the Rainadevi Chhahara Rural Municipality Monitoring Committee, has instructed the construction contractor to work at a fast pace. He said that the contractor has failed to comply despite repeated verbal and written instructions. ‘No one has the right to play with the health of the people,’ he said, ‘if this is the case, we will go to legal proceedings and bring the construction contractor to justice.’
Rural Municipality Chairman Rukmagat Bhattarai said that the delay in the work is a joke on the people. He said that the strategy of saving time by setting up a few pillars will no longer work. If the work does not pick up speed immediately, he said, he will recommend terminating the contract and blacklisting the construction company. ‘No one has the right to delay in the name of development,’ he said, ‘If we have to go through legal process, we will go.’ Every effort will be made to get the work done on time.’
