Contractors in Koshi Province Prepare for Legal Action Over Unpaid Infrastructure Projects

Biratnagar. Due to the negligence of infrastructure development offices under the Koshi Province government, contractors are preparing to move to court after failing to receive payments for dozens of completed projects.In the fiscal year 2080/81, infrastructure development offices issued verbal orders to contractors to complete various projects that were not listed in the Red Book. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning estimates that payments for such projects across Koshi Province total around 300 million rupees. However, the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development does not have exact figures as there was no requirement to track them. Contractors have been pressuring...