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Rudra Pangeni

Pangeni is an investigative journalist currently with CIJ Nepal.
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Govt to issue notice of termination on Sunday

Published On: January 19, 2019 08:00 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The government is set to issue a notice of contract termination to Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti (CMC) di Ravenna, the Italian contractor of Melamchi Water Supply Project, on Sunday.

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Govt to issue notice of termination on Sunday

Published On: January 19, 2019 04:05 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The government is set to issue a notice of contract termination to Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti (CMC) di Ravenna, the Italian contractor of Melamchi Water Supply Project, on Sunday.

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Melamchi board fails to meet for lack of quorum

Published On: January 16, 2019 08:02 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Jan 16: The Melamchi Water Supply Project is now in a most difficult phase as the contractor has been absent from the project site for about a month and the work has stalled.

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Italian contractor ‘almost unlikely’ to return to work, govt undecided

Published On: January 14, 2019 07:40 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti (CMC) di Ravenna, the Italian contractor of the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP), is almost unlikely to come back to work, against the promise it had made before leaving the county three weeks ago. This is a conclusion many officials have drawn after receiving an email from the company which has pushed a long list of preconditions for its return to work.

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PM cherry-picks information that fit govt progress reports

Published On: January 7, 2019 09:21 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli has either excluded key information of the country’s economy or has manipulated several related information in his speech in the parliament on Sunday.

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Taking away employee welfare fund from companies enrage employees

Published On: January 1, 2019 03:05 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: The government has tabled a bill in the parliament that will cut salaries of employees working in profit-making companies.

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Army seeks Rs 680 million as incentive for staff

Published On: December 27, 2018 06:30 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Dec 27: Nepal Army has sought a total of Rs 680 million as incentive payment for staff deployed to build the Kathmandu-Tarai Expressway or fast-track.

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Tanahu Hydropower safe but Sahas Urja in trouble

Published On: December 18, 2018 07:52 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Italian firm Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti (CMC) di Ravenna has won two other major contracts in the last 18 months, probably due to a good track record in the tunnel work in Melamchi. But the apparent attempt to abscond by key staff and also poor financial health back in Italy have put at risk one major independent power producer in Nepal.

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Transport committees get three more months to register as companies

Published On: December 16, 2018 10:57 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Dec 16: The government has once again extended the deadline to register transport operators as companies, giving them time until mid-March next year.

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High court halts ADB-funded road project

Published On: December 5, 2018 04:00 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Dec 5: Patan High Court on Sunday issued an interim order against the contract award process for expanding the Kanchanpur-Kamala road, citing discrepancy in the eligibility criteria for contract bidders .

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CIAA issues work plan to tackle procurement malpractices

Published On: December 3, 2018 09:48 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Amid growing malpractices in the procurement of equipment, goods and services in mega infrastructure projects, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has circulated a 14-point work plan to all the ministries and agencies concerned in an attempt to end such misconduct.

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Auditor general himself audited purchase of Nepal envoy’s mansion in US

Published On: November 29, 2018 07:50 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

WASHINGTON, Nov 29: Top officials of the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) do not normally go out to audit the financial records of a public agency. But Auditor General Tanka Mani Sharma himself has been found involved in, or presiding over, the examination of the financial records of the Embassy of Nepal in Washington DC, recently.

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Nepali contractors barred from bidding for ADB-funded projects: FCAN

Published On: November 28, 2018 09:05 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Nov 28: Federation of Contractors’ Association of Nepal (FCAN) has blamed the government and development partner Asian Development Bank for denying Nepali contractors’ participation in at least two mega-billion road projects.

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Ensure level playing field for all contractors

Published On: October 23, 2018 11:01 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

The Federation of Contractors’ Associations of Nepal (FCAN) has long been charged for influencing government agencies for collusion in contracts of development works. A handful big players have allegedly been controlling the professional umbrella body of civil works contractors. But the new executive body elected in September last week, led by Rabi Singh, has come forward with a different promise.

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Wood from 20,000 trees felled for Fast Track rotting away

Published On: October 2, 2018 06:28 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Oct 2: There is an acute shortage of timber in the market, especially in view of the earthquake reconstruction work, but the logs collected from tree felling along the right of way (RoW) for the Kathmandu Tarai Expressway (also known as Fast Track) are decaying at various sites.

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Country to bring two new technologies in road maintenance

Published On: October 1, 2018 08:02 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Oct 1: By this time next year, the Bharatpur-Lothar section (border point of Makawanpur and Chitwan districts) of the East-West Highway will hopefully have a smoother road to move on after completion of road maintenance.

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Huge difference in budget for construction of similar classrooms

Published On: September 24, 2018 06:30 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Sept 24: Classrooms that the government is building in quake-hit districts will have different safety standards, thanks to difference in budget disbursements to two different agencies overseeing reconstruction of classrooms.

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Army proposes two more tunnels along expressway, will cost Rs 5 billion extra

Published On: September 19, 2018 08:25 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Sept 19: The Nepal Army has now proposed adding two new tunnels and also expanding the previously planned tunnel along the Kathmandu-Tarai Expressway citing fragile geology and the need to manage alignment so as to avoid overlap with the Kanti Rajpath.

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Govts continue to neglect PPMO

Published On: September 11, 2018 05:15 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Sept 11: Secretary of Public Procurement Management Office (PPMO) Madhu Prasad Regmi sought time of Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli for August 19, the anniversary day of PPMO, to submit his office's annual report. But he was denied time.

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Five exemplary steps by local bodies (with video)

Published On: September 9, 2018 06:10 PM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni

KATHMANDU, Sept 9: A year has passed since local elections took place in most of the provinces. During this period, countless reports have surfaced about local representatives enmeshed in disputes, abuse of power, corruption, and chaotic offices. Amid these clouds of gloom are a few silver linings.

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