Kathmandu. The contract of the contractor who failed to complete the construction of the strategic road section connecting Mangalsen, the district headquarters of Achham, with the rural area has been terminated. The work of the road section, which was started on April 30, 2022, was set to be completed by April 30, 2082.

Although the deadline for the completion of the road section was extended till May 30, 2008, the contract was terminated after the work could not be completed. The physical progress has reached only 19.83 percent so far. The Road Division Office Sanfebagar under the Ministry of Infrastructure Development has decided to terminate the contract after the road erosion and construction of structures could not take the expected pace despite repeated reminders to the contractors.

The total cost of construction of this road of 10 km was estimated to be Rs 39.99 crore. After the contract was terminated, the Road Division Office has written to the contractor to deposit Rs 38,23,96,493.

With this, the road division has terminated 6 sick contracts that did not work for the construction of roads and bridges for a long time. The contracts for the projects that have been stalled since 2076 have been terminated. The contracts that have been terminated include the repair of the Sanphe-Martadi road, the repair of the road and the construction of drains in Chaukhutte area, the Kolti-Kawadi-Bichhayasain road in Bajura, the Mangalsen-Suwakhand-Khetgaire-Julimare-Dhakari road.