Kathmandu, Oct. 17 -- The government has initiated the process of terminating contracts that have remained stalled for years despite being awarded for road and bridge construction.

The Postal Highway Directorate, the Federal Road Supervision and Monitoring Office under the Department of Roads in Kathmandu, and road division offices under Itahari, have moved forward to terminate 17 such inactive contracts.

On Friday, public notices were issued by the Road Division Offices in Biratnagar and Chandranigahapur (five each) and Nuwakot (two), asking why these 17 contracts should not be terminated. Most of these stalled contracts involve bridge construction.

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