Builders receiving only 25% of their government-mandated liabilities

The builders claim that only 25% of the money that was supposed to be paid to them in the previous fiscal year has actually been paid, despite the government's announcement that the amount that could not be paid in that fiscal year will be given priority in the current fiscal year.

They have requested a detailed plan for the quick payment of the liabilities, claiming that the government is not serious about meeting its obligations. Additionally, if the Federation of Nepal

Construction Professionals does not receive the bill that they submitted when the work is finished, they will be obliged to go on strike once more.

The builders' payments were halted because the government was unable to meet its income targets. This has had an impact on the building project. Due to a dearth of construction projects from the public and private sectors, the National Statistical Office has forecast that the construction sector's growth rate will be negative for the most recent fiscal year.

Federation President Ravi Singh stated at a news conference on Thursday that "the government should have paid 60 billion rupees for the financial year 2079/80 and the last financial year 2080/81." He added that "in the current financial year 2081/82, 15 billion rupees have been paid." Forty-five billion rupees remain unpaid.

President Singh acknowledged the humiliation of the government during the press conference. "We are aware that the government does not have money, but we have to make a plan," he stated. "

He said that for the previous two years, the builders had not been paid for even routine tasks. He claimed that it will be difficult to schedule the work once the festival and the rainy season have passed and the weather is suitable for building. The federation stated that going on strike is not an option if its requests are not satisfied and that it has given a memorandum with its most recent demands to the Acting Prime Minister, Minister, Minister of Physical Education, Minister of Urban Development, etc.

According to Ang Dorjee Lama, the federation's senior vice president, the payment issue has gotten worse. He underlined that the government had to provide a suitable construction site and deliver the payment on schedule. Even as the celebration draws near, he warned that thousands of business owners and the dependent laborers they employ would suffer if payment is not received.

For the past year, the government has been unable to compensate the laborers working on national priority projects, Gaurav projects, projects that have been passed from the Union to state and local governments, and local hospitals. Since the government has now partially reimbursed them from the current fiscal year's budget, the payment issue is probably going to persist with the additional construction that is being done this year.