Tanahun, Oct. 16 -- Construction of the signature bridges over the Madi river in Damauli and the Seti river in Pokhara, part of the Muglin-Pokhara road expansion project, is only halfway complete despite the three-year deadline having passed.

The contract for the Seti River bridge in Kaski, part of the Pokhara-Muglin road expansion project, expired in early September. Despite the three-year contract period ending, the bridge remains unfinished, said Krishna Bahadur Kunwar, chief of the project's western section (Pokhara-Jamune).

According to him, the bridge's physical progress is around 50 percent, with financial progress at about 49 percent. "Since construction could not be completed within the agreed period, the deadline has been exte...