PYUTHAN, April 20 -- The building of Khawang Health Post in Pyuthan district should have been completed by 2014, as per the agreement reached with the contractor. However, the contractor left the project halfway to join politics and has remained contactless since then.

Contractor Amar Singh Pun, who was entrusted with the responsibility of constructing the building, was elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly in 2013 under proportional representation (PR) category. The work of the building, which was halted due to the absence of the contractor, has not resumed yet. The construction of the building had kicked off in 2012.

The contract of the building was given to Nepal Pragati/Rapti/High Himalaya JV. The joint venture company had...