Minister Lamsal, who arrived in Panchthar to inspect the Tamor Corridor along with the Mechi and Mid-Hill Highways, said that the weakness of the administrative mechanism was the reason for the work not being completed within the agreed period.
We use Google Cloud Translation Services. Google requires we provide the following disclaimer relating to use of this service:
This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, expressed or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement.
Minister for Infrastructure Development Sunil Lamsal has reached Panchthar and issued another threat. Instructing construction entrepreneurs who do not complete the work within the contract period not to leave under any circumstances, he said, 'Contractors who do not complete the work on time should be forced to do the work even if it means locking them up, blocking the road or beating them up.'
Earlier, during the monitoring of the Nagdhunga-Muglin road project last Sunday, he had also made a statement that the contractor who does not complete the work should have his 'broken' He directed the project chief, the head of the security department and the chief district officer in a meeting, saying that the weakness of the administrative mechanism is the reason why most of the projects are not completed within the contract period. 'Therefore, it is necessary for the security mechanism to be responsible. Even if it is by arresting, blocking or beating contractors who do not work on time, they must be made to feel that there is a government in the country,' said Minister Lamsal.
He also directed the project chiefs of the Mechi and Mid-Hills and Tamor Corridors to immediately proceed with the process of terminating contracts with construction companies whose contract dates have expired and have not worked despite repeated extensions.
He has also directed that concrete steps be taken to complete the work immediately as the projects of the Tharpu-Chiwa Bhanjyang road under the Mid-Hills Highway, Puwakhola on the Mechi Highway and Kummayak-3 Hangthuwa to Hewa Khola area of Panchthar under the Tamor Corridor are sick.
Project heads had requested to create an environment where security would be guaranteed as the entrepreneurs would threaten the employees if the contract of the sick project is broken.
Minister's words on the law, threats by setting aside methods
Complaints that he returned without looking into the problem.
Although Minister Lamsal's team said that they would conduct an on-site study of the Tharpu-Chiwa Bhanjyang area under the Mid-Hill Highway, the residents of Yangwarak are in a state of shock after they returned from Phidim.
‘The plan was to submit a demand letter with first-hand information about the condition of the bridges and roads destroyed by the landslides. I was saddened to hear the news that the minister had returned from the district headquarters,’ said Nar Bahadur Gurung, a resident of Yangbarak and a former member of the District Coordination Committee.
