Construction Entrepreneurs Face Crisis Amidst Rising Costs

Kathmandu. Friday, 12 PM. When a team including the President of the Federation of Contractors' Associations of Nepal, Nicholas Pandey, reached the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure, Secretary Gopal Sigdel's office was empty. Secretary Sigdel, who had given the construction entrepreneurs a time of 12 PM for discussion, had gone to the Prime Minister's Office for a discussion.

The entrepreneurs waited in the hall for some time, called repeatedly, but the phone was not answered. Finally, after President Pandey sent a message, the secretary's reply came – 'I am coming to the Ministry of Urban Development, let's meet there.'