Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium Construction Delayed

Chitwan. The construction work of Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium being built in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-15 has been delayed. The construction was supposed to be completed by January 11, but the progress is only 65 percent so far. According to Adarsh Pokharel, engineer of Bharatpur Metropolitan City, the construction company stopped work for a period due to some delay in budget release, which has caused a delay in the work as per the contract date. The Metropolitan City had signed an agreement for the construction of the stadium with 70 percent payment to be made by the Bagmati Province. He said that the work has been affected due to the delay in the release of the province's budget.

He said that it is almost certain that the work will not be completed by the end of January as the construction company has also delayed the work. Similarly, construction company manager Samrat Silwal said that the work could not be completed on time due to the increase in the price of construction materials, weather changes, and the need to build on old structures. He said that the construction has also faced problems due to technical decisions conflicting with each other as the construction work was carried out on old structures.