Petition to the Supreme Court asking to not award the sixth package deal contract of the expressway to the Chinese firm

11 November, Kathmandu. A writ petition has been registered within the Supreme Court saying that the Nepali Army initially rejected the technical proposal and awarded the sixth package deal contract of the Kathmandu-Tarai-Madhesh Expressway to a Chinese firm in opposition to the principles.

The writ registered within the courtroom on Thursday is being heard immediately (Sunday) within the single bench of the courtroom choose Hari Phuyal. On Thursday, advocate Sujan Rizal filed a writ on behalf of Afcons Infrastructure Limited of India, which has joined the contract course of.

The military awarded the contract of package deal 6 to China First Highway Company. The technical proposal was initially rejected by the military. After the corporate filed a complaint with the Public Procurement Monitoring Office, the overview committee overturned the military’s decision.

The Indian firm went to the Supreme Court saying that the military’s choice was not in accordance with the regulation.

In the petition filed by Advocate Rizal, Public Procurement Monitoring Office, Public Procurement Review Committee, Kathmandu-Tarai Madhesh Fast Track Project, China First Highway Company, Nepali Army and Ministry of Defense have been made opponents.