Roads Must Be Completed, Not Just Started
Summary
Prolonged delays in Nepal’s road projects are disrupting daily life, raising transport costs and denying communities the benefits of public investment. The article urges stronger planning, tighter monitoring and firm accountability so roads are completed on time instead of remaining unfinished for years.
Key Points
- The Kechana–Kanchanjungha road’s Belase–Rakse–Golakharka section is only 47 percent complete despite a five-year delay on a two-year contract.
- Repeated deadline extensions without measurable progress are described as a failure of both contractors and government agencies.
- The piece argues that contracts should be awarded only after essential preparations are complete and that progress-based monitoring must be enforced.
- Public spending should be judged by completed infrastructure and delivered benefits, not by contracts signed or budgets spent.
