NA awarding Rs 45 billion contract to Chinese companies “surreptitiously” amid political crisis

KATHMANDU: The Nepal Army (NA) is all set to surreptitiously award a contract worth Rs 45 billion to a Chinese company by taking advantage of the current political crisis.

The NA has picked Chinese contractor Poly Chhangda Engineering Company Limited and China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited to complete the two-phase work of the Kathmandu-Terai-Madhesh Expressway (Fast Track) by being constructed by the NA.