Koshi Province Ministry Invokes New Tenders Amidst Budget Review
Summary
Koshi Province’s Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development has called new tenders even as the budget review is underway and coalition parties move to implement a minimum common program. The ministry says the tenders are only for repairing damaged government buildings, while earlier orders had told subordinate offices not to open any new tenders.
Key Points
- The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development in Koshi Province issued new tenders despite an ongoing budget review and earlier instructions to halt new procurement.
- Minister Jiban Acharya says the government is following the political agreement and that no new projects will proceed until the budget ceiling and common program are finalized.
- The ministry says the tenders are meant to rebuild damaged provincial government offices in Biratnagar, not to launch unrelated new projects.
- Secretary Milan Acharya had earlier ordered subordinate offices to stop opening new tenders until the budget review was completed.
