KATHMANDU, Jan 20: Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel on Sunday said the government has cleared all the outstanding dues of the construction entrepreneurs at a time the contractors have announced protests.
Speaking at a press meet organized by the Ministry of Finance (MoF), Paudel said that the government settled all the outstanding dues that the contractors have claimed. “Now, there is no meaning of threatening the government with protests,” Paudel said.
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