The construction works of the Mid-Hill Highway have come to a halt when a contractor who was awarded the contract for blacktopping the Baglung-Akshyate-Ghodabandhe road section as part of the national pride project.
Work on a four-lane concrete bridge under construction on the Mahakali River in Kanchanpur, one of the largest projects in the far-western region, has been affected for three and a half months.
Agitating workers have shut down the operations of Nepal Telecom tower in Nalgad rural municipality-8, Garaila for not receiving remuneration dues of their engagement in the tower construction works.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel has termed the construction industry as a 'pillar' of prosperity and praised the pace of ongoing construction works even in adverse situation caused by COVID-19 pandemic,
The Federation of Contractors’ Association of Nepal (FCAN) has demanded the extension of the timeline of the projects with the deadline up to last April 29 by a year.
