KATHMANDU, April 23 -- The Public Procurement Monitoring Office (PPMO) has blacklisted 33 construction companies, including Pappu Construction Pvt Ltd, for failing to complete various projects on time. The PPMO issued a notice on Tuesday announcing the blacklisting of these companies.

According to the notice, the blacklisted construction firms will be ineligible to participate in any public contracts for a period of two and a half years from the date of publication of the notice. Consequently, these companies have been disqualified from 29 projects spanning across sectors such as energy, road construction, infrastructure development, urban development, municipalities, and metropolitan offices, including projects involving roads, building...