Ministry quizzed over delay in scrapping contractor selection

Citing violation of the Public Procurement Act, the committee had ordered scrapping of the bidding process for construction o tunnels and bridges along the 72.5 kilometre expressway.

The Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament has sought clarification from the Ministry of Defence on why the Nepal Army hasn’t followed the committee’s directive to scrap the bidding process for the second phase of the construction of tunnels and bridges along the Kathmandu-Tarai expressway.