KATHMANDU, July 12: Contractors have warned to launch a decisive protest if the government fails to clear their outstanding dues of around Rs 60 billion by this fiscal year end.

KATHMANDU, March 13: At a time when contractors have been complaining about delayed payments for their services, the government is found to have expedited their payments over the past two months.

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has directed for promptly providing the amount the government owes to contractors.

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: While the contractors have been struggling to receive payment from the government for the work they have already completed, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has refused to pay them through cash transfer.

KATHMANDU, Aug 14: In order to address the demands of the agitating contractors, a six-member task force has been formed under the coordination of Public Procurement Monitoring Office Secretary Dr Damodar Regmi. The joint secretaries of the line ministries are the members of the task force.

KATHMANDU, April 8: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has stepped up preparations to annul contracts with seven construction companies, which have been assigned to install transformers and stretch transmission lines in a number of locations of the Sudurpaschim Province.

KATHMANDU, July 26: The Public Procurement Monitoring Office (PPMO) on Tuesday blacklisted eight companies for failing to abide by the procurement laws.

KATHMANDU, May 11: The government has blacklisted seven construction companies and suppliers for failing to complete the awarded construction projects as per the agreements with government bodies.

KATHMANDU, April 24: Construction entrepreneurs have launched ‘construction holiday’, halting the works of all development projects citing the skyrocketing prices of construction materials.

KATHMANDU, April 4: The government has blacklisted six construction companies for dilly-dallying in accomplishing the contracts on time.

KATHMANDU, April 3: Contractors have warned to declare a ‘construction holiday’ from Thursday, citing the excessive hike in the price of construction materials and transport.

KATHMANDU, Dec 15: The government has asked for clarifications from three construction companies, including Pappu Construction, for delaying work.

KATHMANDU, Sept 8: The Public Procurement Monitoring Office (PPMO) on Wednesday blacklisted nine companies for failing to abide by the procurement laws.

KATHMANDU, August 6: The government has blacklisted seven contractors for failing to complete the awarded construction projects as per agreement with the government bodies.

KATHMANDU, April 6: The government has blacklisted 11 contractors for failing to complete the awarded construction projects on time.

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: The Public Procurement Monitoring Office (PPMO) has blacklisted half a dozen errant contractors and vendors for a year.

DHANGADHI, Oct 29: Chief minister (CM) of Sudur Paschim Province, Trilochan Bhatta, has directed the government bodies concerned to take action against the contractors not completing the construction projects within the deadline.

KATHMANDU, Nov 25: The agitating Federation of Contractor's Association Nepal (FCAN) on Monday staged a sit-in in front of the Prime Minister's official residence at Baluwatar.

DHANGADHI, Oct 17: Construction of the postal highway has not gained momentum even though it was declared a national pride project by the government. Contractors responsible for constructing various sections of the highway have been missing one after another deadline. This has worsened as government authorities have also been failing to monitor progress of the project and holding responsible parties accountable.

KATHMANDU, August 6: Construction entrepreneurs have welcomed the eighth amendment to Public Procurement Regulation, stating that new provisions in the regulation will help in the growth of infrastructure development in the country.

KATHMANDU, July 24: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa on Tuesday said that the government was preparing to take action against 1,848 contractors for failing to meet the deadline in various construction projects.

MELAMCHI, June 27: The task force formed to resume works of the Melamchi Water Supply Project has urged the project's agitating local contractors, workers and suppliers to claim their due amount within three days.

KATHMANDU, June 15: Contractors fear that the provisions 'regressive' for the construction industry will stay in the seventh amendment of Public Procurement Act, similar to those in the recent sixth amendment, which had riled the contractors.

KATHMANDU, June 4: To improve value-added tax (VAT) compliance and ensure recovery of the VAT paid by the government to contractors or suppliers of public entities, the government has amended VAT Rules.

NEPALGUNJ, May 22: A large number of contractors who have been extracting resources from various rivers in Raptisonari Rural Municipality have not paid the tax for the same to the government.

PANCHTHAR, Feb 9On Thursday, an excavator was parked along the Tamor River in Majhitar for the extraction of construction materials. The excavator was digging deep into the river while a tipper and tractor were busy loading and unloading sand and stones. This site falls 500 meters within the suspension bridge.

BARA, Dec 29: AJL Nirman Sewa, the construction company assigned the task of fencing the land allotted for the Second International Airport at Nijgadh of Bara, has been found to be compromising the quality of work.

DOLAKHA, Dec 9: Following pressure from all stakeholders of the Lamosanghu-Jiri road improvement project, the contractors for the project did start the construction work but it is yet to pick up pace.

DOLAKHA, Nov 20: The Charikot-Khadichaur road widening project has come to a halt due to the negligence of the authorities concerned and the contractors, locals alleged. The delays in upgrading the road that links the mid hilly districts with Kathmandu has made it inconvenient to the business fraternity, and millions of commoners who use the road regularly. The Charikot-Khadichaur road connects Kathmandu with Sindhupalchowk, Dolakha, and Ramechhap, among other hilly districts.

KATHMANDU, Oct 13: President of Federation of Contractor's Association Nepal (FCAN), Rabi Singh, said that they will soon run a training center to train contractors for their capacity building, in association with the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT).

KATHMANDU, Sept 24: Rabi Singh has been elected the chair of Federation of Contractors’ Associations of Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Sept 24: Federation of Contractors' Associations of Nepal has elected a new leadership with Rabi Singh as president.

Contractors demolish tents after shopkeepers refuse to pay demanded tax

CHITWAN, Aug 29: Chair of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has insisted on the need of breaking the ingrained culture of setting (collusion) in bureaucracy which has only served the vested interests.

KATHMANDU, July 27: Tanahu Hydropower Company Ltd (THCL) has selected Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti (CMC) as the contractor to construct head works of its 140-megawatt hydropower plant. Issuing a statement, the hydropower company said the Italian contractor will be awarded Rs 20.64 billion (including provisional sum and value added tax) worth of contract to build cofferdam and construction of dam as part of the first package of head works.

KATHMANDU, July 27: Tanahu Hydropower Company Ltd (THCL) has selected Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti (CMC) as the contractor to construct head works of its 140-megawatt hydropower plant.

KATHMANDU, July 12: Two groups of civil contractor companies are in a huge tussle to win a contract for rebuilding Dharahara. The  tussle between a joint venture of Kalika Construction Pvt Ltd and Rasuwa Construction Company on one hand  and Raman Construction Pvt Ltd on the other surfaced at the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Tuesday.

ROLPA, July 2: Home minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has been speaking of penalizing contractors who do not complete work on time. However, there are some contractors who have not received payments for works completed on time.

KATHMANDU, June 25: Delays and dilly-dallying in infrastructure projects had stopped to some extent following strong moves taken by Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa against construction entrepreneurs.

PARSA, June 20: Construction of the 27 kilometers Pathalaiya integrated check post is likely to get delayed due to various factors including the negligence of the contractor.

KATHMANDU, June 17: At a time when Home Minister has stated that the government would take an action against contractors for delay in completion of the project, Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Raghu Bir Mahaseth has stood with the contractors.

NUWAKOT, June 10: The District Administration Office, Nuwakot, has recommended the names of construction entrepreneurs who failed to complete the given task in the slated timeframe. The contractors are blamed for leaving 31 development projects in limbo.

JUMLA, Jun 9: District administration has said that it would not let anybody including consumers committees and defaulting contractors go scot-free.

JANAKPUR, June 5: A year ago, Janakpur was declared temporary capital of Province 2 amid protest against the decision. Residents of Birgunj protested against the decision while pitching their own city for getting the status. Though the protests have not completely simmered, Janakpur is struggling to get a makeover. Despite having rich cultural and historical heritages, the city continues to be plagued with dilapidated roads, garbage mismanagement and messy market areas, among others.

KATHMANDU, June 4: Following instruction from the government to take action against construction companies defaulting on their work, District Administration Offices across the country are acting tough against them. The district authorities have been sending names and details of such companies to the federal government.

KATHMANDU, June 3: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has issued a fresh directive to all district authorities to take necessary legal action against those contractors who have either failed to complete development projects on time or have done substandard work.

TAPLEJUNGM June 2: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has stressed the need to lay emphasis on the development of physical infrastructure describing it as being the foundation of country's prosperity.

GORKHA, May 28: Many multi-million rupee projects in Gorkha district have remained incomplete even months after crossing the deadline. In fact, there are hardly any projects that could be listed as meeting completed within the deadline. Infrastructure projects including road, drinking water, building construction among others are plagued alike by the same problem.

KATHMANDU, May 27: Small and medium-size civil contractors have accused the big contractors of tarnishing the image of the sector by not doing their work in time and by lobbying bureaucrats to land  contracts.

DHANGADHI, May 25: It has already been seven years since a contracting company ‘Lama Sherpa Shalpa Biruwa JV’ was awarded the contract to build a bridge over the Kandra River along the Postal Highway, a project of national pride.