Construction Oversight

Nepal's development sector faces significant challenges due to excessive delays and rising costs in executing infrastructural and other projects. Many contractors often fail to complete the projects within the specified timeframe. They are also criticised for not maintaining construction quality. Due to the contractor's frequent request for extensions of project deadlines, it causes cost and time overruns. These issues have come to the fore with the news published in this daily the other day about the stalled bridge projects in Kathmandu. The delayed projects of Kathmandu highlight the chronic mismanagement and inefficiency that also mirrors the implementation status of development projects throughout the nation.