16 sick contracts of Karnali Highway terminated

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१३ असार २०८३, शनिबार २१:०२June 27, 2026

Jumla. The Jumla-based Road Division Office has started the process to terminate 16 sick contracts for the construction of Karnali Highway that have been in limbo for years.

Saurav Kumar Singh, information officer at the Road Division Office, said that the office has issued a 15-day public notice regarding the termination of 16 contracts in Kalikot, Jumla and Mugu for not completing the contracts on time.TAG_OPEN_div_18

Information Officer Singh said that the process has been forwarded to scrap the sick contracts of 12 projects in Kalikot, three in Jumla and one in Mugu district under the Road Division Office, which were signed in the fiscal years 2074/75 to 2082/83.TAG_OPEN_div_16

TAG_OPEN_div_14 The office is working to break the sick contract to end the tendency of taking contracts but not carrying out works and delaying projects. Shrawan Kumar Mahatara, chief of the Road Division Office, said that the contract was cancelled as the contractor did not show any interest in completing the construction work despite requesting and informing about it in writing on different dates.

According to Mahatara, action will be taken to terminate the contract agreement as per the provision of the law and blacklist and recover 10 percent interest on the work performance guarantee, deposit, deposit deposit, and 10 percent interest on the pesky amount.TAG_OPEN_div_12

TAG_OPEN_div_10 According to the Road Division Office, contracts of 10 sick projects of the Karnali highway have been scrapped.