Kathmandu, Sept. 23 -- Nepal's much-delayed second international airport project in Bhairahawa has fallen further behind schedule due largely to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to project officials.

With over 90 percent of construction works completed, the Gautam Buddha International Airport project's second package-installation of communication, navigation and surveillance, air traffic management and meteorological equipment-has been pushed into further uncertainty.

Sources familiar with the matter told the Post that the contractor of the second package has infomed Nepal's civil aviation authority that "it's too risky" for them to send their technicians to Nepal at this moment and asked to wait until the virus cases come to zero.

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