Decades-Long Delay Plagues Kamala River Bridge Construction, Frustrating Local Communities

Kathmandu. The failure to complete projects on time after securing contracts is an old problem in Nepal. More surprisingly, the trend of using these incomplete projects to solicit votes during elections and then neglecting them after winning is also recurring.Many such projects in the Siraha and Saptari regions have remained unfinished for years, causing continuous hardship for the local populace. Among these, the most notorious and long-stalled project is the bridge under construction over the Kamala River, situated on the border of Siraha and Dhanusha districts. Nearly a decade and a half have passed since the construction of this bridge,...