Parbat. The motorable bridge connecting Kushma Municipality and Phalebas Municipality has remained abandoned for two years.The bridge, which connects Simkhet in Kushma-10 Pipaltari to Sisathanti in Phalebas-3 Shankarpokhari, has been left in limbo due to the construction company's failure to complete the work on time. According to the Infrastructure Development Office, the project, which was contracted in the fiscal year 2080/81 with a two-year completion deadline, has only achieved 25 percent progress.The construction of the bridge, which is scheduled to be completed by Asar 2082, has failed to gain momentum. No work has been done on the bridge for a...
Banke. The construction of a four-lane bridge over the Pedari stream in Khajura Rural Municipality-3, along the Nepalgunj-Gulariya Postal Highway, has been completed ahead of schedule.Although the contract deadline for the bridge construction was 2083 Baishakh 18, the project has been completed and is now operational, according to Leela Bahadur Bhandari, Chief of the Postal Highway Directorate Project Office, Nepalgunj.“The long-standing hardships faced by the residents of Khajura have now come to an end,” he stated. “The construction company completed the work ahead of the stipulated time, and the bridge is now in operation.”He noted that the Postal Highway Directorate...
The Constitution of Nepal defines the Attorney General as the chief legal advisor to the Government of Nepal. In practice, however, the role of the Attorney General is not limited to advising the government; they are also the final authority (chief prosecutor) in deciding whether or not to prosecute cases on behalf of the state.Recently, it appears that Attorneys General have begun to use this constitutional role to serve the interests of the ruling party. The 'discretionary power' granted to the Attorney General by the Constitution is being misused.In this context, here are the edited excerpts of a conversation with...