The bridge to be completed in 2076 is incomplete. If the construction is not started within 15 days, the locals have warned that they will go on street protests, including lock-down of the office.
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Locals have warned that the construction of the Chandi river bridge connecting Gaindatar-Chandranigahpur should be completed within 15 days. After eight years of the construction, only 75 percent of the work was done, the residents of Chandrapur-3 warned the road division office and the contractor to complete the work within 15 days.
The construction of this bridge, which was contracted for 25 crores 36 lakhs on 31 June 2074, was supposed to be completed on 31 June 2076. Recently, after the bridge was abandoned, the angry locals gave a memorandum to the road division office on Wednesday and warned that if the construction is not completed and operational within 15 days, the office will be locked and protested.
After the contractor's silence after abandoning the bridge work, Samradh Gaindatar construction campaign met the head of road division Rautahat Arun Kumar Lalkarna in the office and gave an ultimatum to the contractor company Pappu Construction and Shivshankar JV of Rautahat to start the work immediately . Mandhwaj Thing, a member of the campaign, accused the contractor of keeping silent by delaying the construction of the bridge, which was supposed to be completed in three years. We have submitted a memorandum that the bridge should be put into operation within 15 days. If they refuse again, we will go on a protest," he said. He said that due to the absence of a bridge, the locals had to bear the brunt of the risk during the rainy season.
Pappu Construction and Shivshankar JV have taken the contract only 5 bridges are incomplete in Rautahat . The road division has said that instead of breaking the contract, it is preparing to join the work. On 14th June 2080, after the Gandatar bridge was left in a state of disrepair, they sat on hunger strike by placing a tripal under the bridge under local construction. At that time, the then head of the division, Daroga Prasad, promised to start the work immediately to the contractor. There was even an attempt to assault and attack the main policeman by the locals for leaving the bridge in abeyance along with the contractor. Contractor Dayaram Sah said that in the past, due to covid and other reasons, he could not complete the work on time. The contract was taken to complete the work. "It could not be completed on time due to technical and financial reasons," he said.
The road division has said that they are coordinating with the contractor to complete the rest of the work on Gandatar Bridge. Bridges under construction on various rivers of the district have not been completed for a long time. Arun Kumar Lalkarna, head of the road division said that the road division office has not reached a decision whether to break the contract or take other measures after the local pressure and the contractor neglecting the work. "The government has not been able to arrange the budget when it said, the condition of the Tikulia bridge, which has been contracted for the second time, is the same," he said, "due to the budget and the speed of the contractor, everyone else has to suffer." We are also stressed by this . If we break the contract, the process will be longer, if we don't break the contract, they won't work for years.
The road division office said that the contract for the construction of Gujrakhola, Brahmatol, Kotiharpul, signed by Pappu Construction of Birganj and Shivshankar JV of Rautahat on 26th June 2073, has been completed only 60% in a period of nine years. The construction work of Piparia Dostia's Tarhari Khola Bridge, which was supposed to be completed on 15 October 2075, has been completed so far only 45 percent. This bridge was signed on October 6, 2073. The physical progress of the Laukaha river bridge, which is mentioned in the contract to be completed on 27th of Baisakh 2075, is only 55 percent. The division head Karna said that the contractor could not complete all these bridges despite extending the deadline several times.
