The government has stopped the controversial Pappu Construction from bidding for new public projects. The Public Procurement Monitoring Office under the Prime Minister’s Office issuing a public notice on Tuesday has stopped the company from bidding for any new project until the process of blacklisting it concludes.
Sikta Irrigation Project of Banke had written on November 12 to blacklist the company. The Public Procurement Monitoring Office in the notice states that study of the documents sent by Sikta with the letter show that handing over other contracts to the construction committee will lead to additional harm for the country resulting in obstruction of the country’s development and adverse impact on the living standard of commoners.
Pappu Construction is notorious for winning contracts for public construction across the country and not completing them in time, and doing substandard work even when the projects are completed.
The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has lodged a corruption case against former chairman of Pappu Construction and lawmaker Hari Narayan Rauniyar in early October.
The CIAA lodged the corruption case against the Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) lawmaker, his son Sumit Rauniyar and others at the Special Court after its investigation on complaints that the company used substandard materials in construction of the bridge over Babai river in Bardiya, the bridge looked tilted right from the time of construction and was destroyed immediately after inauguration found them to be guilty.
