Minister Adhikari urges to complete flower, fruit market soon

By A Staff Reporter

Kathmandu, Sept. 8: Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development Ramnath Adhikari has directed to complete the construction of wholesale market for flowers and fruits under construction at Chobhar in Kathmandu quickly.

He instructed the concerned authority to complete the construction work of the market at the earliest while inspecting the under-construction market at Chobhar on Friday.

The work of multi-storey buildings, which started in 2016 and was supposed to be completed within two years, has not yet been completed.

The 11th extended deadline for the completion of the project is only a few days to be completed. However, there is still 13 per cent work left of the buildings under construction within the area of 23 ropanis of land. 

After looking at the slow pace of construction of the project, Minister Adhikari inspected the building and instructed the contractor company to complete the work within the specified time limit. He said if the work was not completed according to the agreement, action would be taken according to the law, he said.

Emphasising that the flower and fruit wholesale market should be brought into operation immediately, he said that the ministry was ready to facilitate the process for that.

As both producers and consumers will benefit when the building is operational, Minister Adhikari asked the construction company not to make any excuse in the construction of the building.

A contract agreement was signed for the construction of multi-storey buildings at a cost of around Rs. 350 million in October 2016 to complete the construction in two years. 

After the work was not completed as per the agreement, the deadline was extended for the 11th time on March 26, 2024 to complete the work by September 16, 2024.