Kathmandu, Jan. 30
The Federation
of Contractors Associations of Nepal (FCAN) has demanded to stop the activities
to demoralise the construction entrepreneurs in any form.
Expressing
concerns about the legal process against the contractor of the road expansion
project along the East-West Highway in Bharatpur Metropolitan City where a
rhino succumbed to death after falling into an under-construction pit, the FCAN
said that the punitive activities against the entrepreneur were illegal.
“It is illegal
to drag a contractor into the controversy and initiate legal process to punish
him for the act which he did not commit,” it said in a statement.
Following media
reports about the death of the rhino on January 23, local police in Chitwan
filed a case against Sahadev Khadka, representative of the construction
company, Indo-Sagun JV.
“He is falsely
accused in the name of investigation. So it must be immediately stopped,” said
FCAN.
It claimed that
the company had applied all safety measures necessary for the construction.
The FCAN’s
General Secretary, Roshan Dahal said that the federation had concluded that the
plot against the entrepreneurs would hit their morale hard and discourage them
from conducting their business in a better way.
According to
him, the pit was required to keep open for some days to let it set.
The FCAN also
said that it was saddened at the death of the endangered animal and demanded
formation of an independent investigation committee including the
representatives from FCAN and Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and
Transport.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 31 January 2022.
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