42 Companies Shortlisted for Upgrading Nagdhunga-Malekhu-Muglin Road Section

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42 Companies Shortlisted for Upgrading Nagdhunga-Malekhu-Muglin Road Section

February 3: The Department of Roads (DoR) has shortlisted 42 companies for upgrading the Nagdhunga-Malekhu-Muglin section of Prithvi Highway. Majority of those companies that made it to the pre-qualification round of selection process are Chinese companies. According to the DoR, a total of 30 Chinese companies were shortlisted in response to a global tender issued by the department while the remaining 12 companies are from Nepal and India.

The government has allocated Rs 16 billion for upgrading the 96 km section of the highway but only Rs 9 billion has been released for the current upgradation work.

The department is preparing to complete the project in three packages and these 42 companies have been shortlisted to upgrade the Nagdhunga-Naubise and Naubise-Malekhu sections  of the highway under the first and second packages respectively. A total of 56 kilometers of road fall under these two packages.

Deputy Director General of the Development Support Implementation Division of the Department of Roads, Arjun Jung Thapa informed that all the companies that fulfilled the criteria mentioned in the tender have been selected in the pre-qualification round. Thapa added that there will be competition among the shortlisted companies to select the best among them. The department will now seek financial proposals from the shortlisted companies.

A tender for upgrading the Malekhu-Muglin section under the third package worth Rs 7 billion will be announced soon, added Thapa.

The process of upgrading the road section has started after the World Bank released funds for the project some eight months ago. The same road was earlier upgraded with the financial assistance of the World Bank about 29 years ago.

 

 

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