Govt decides to pay Rs. 8.1bn to contractors

Kathmandu, Jan. 15: Amidst discouraging performance of the development budget, the government decided on Sunday to immediately clear the remaining payments of the public infrastructure construction to the contractors. It has announced that the clearing of the dues would begin with Rs. 1.71 billion government liability from the last Fiscal Year 2022/23 and Rs. 6.30 billion of this year.