Kathmandu, Dec. 9 -- The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority has asked the government agencies either to terminate public construction contracts identified as chronically sick or carry out construction works immediately.

A study report 'Status of the contract management of the construction works under the Nepal government and Analysis' unveiled in January, identified 1,848 contracts worth Rs 118 billion related to seven ministries as sick. Of them, 1,032 contracts of various construction projects had remained idle without extension of their deadlines.

The contracts were considered sick because they were not completed even after their completion deadlines expired before December 2017, with some having remained idle for as ...