Kathmandu, June 20 -- A company whose participation had forced the National Reconstruction Authority to cancel the entire tender process for the appointment of a consulting firm for the reconstruction of Dharahara is once again in the bidding race.

In March, 2019, the reconstruction body had cancelled the entire bidding process after ERMC (P) Ltd and East West Engineering Service (P) Ltd, a joint venture, came first during the technical and financial evaluation.

The decision was taken after it was learned that the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority had filed a corruption case at the Special Court on December 7, 2018, against Arun Kumar Chaudhary, a team leader of M/S ERMC-ITECO Nepal JV, over substandard construction and...