Beni Municipality Implements 10 Pride Projects with Over NPR 62 Million Budgeted for Infrastructure Development

Myagdi. Beni Municipality has implemented 10 pride projects in the current fiscal year 2082/83. Eight projects related to the construction of roads, tourism, health, agriculture, irrigation, buildings, and sports infrastructure, with a budget allocation of NPR 62.2 million, are operational, while two are in the contract signing phase.

Arjun Sharma, Chief Administrative Officer of Beni Municipality, informed that the Beni-Pulachaur-Todke road project, allocated a budget of NPR 18 million, has achieved 20 percent physical progress. This is the project with the highest budget allocation implemented by Beni Municipality in the current fiscal year. Under the Beni-Pulachaur-Todke road project, contracted by River Edge Engineering and Builders Pvt. Ltd. for NPR 12,151,200, the goal is to expand the road, construct drains, retaining walls, and pave the area in the Pulachaur region of Beni Municipality-5.

Similarly, the Beni-Maharaniathan-Chhap-Dadakhet road upgradation project, allocated a budget of NPR 16.5 million, has achieved 40 percent physical progress. Shankar Construction Service contracted the project for NPR 11,302,445, and road upgradation work is underway in the Agnikhet area falling under Benpa-6 and 7.

The Beni Municipality-9 Galeshwar Bazaar Beautification Project, allocated a budget of NPR 660,000, has achieved 45 percent physical progress, contracted by River Edge Engineering and Builders Pvt. Ltd. for NPR 4,874,277. Preliminary work has begun on the Benpa-8 Kalipul Agriculture Market Building construction project, contracted by Limisa Construction and Suppliers Pvt. Ltd. for NPR 4,245,455.

Chief Administrative Officer Sharma stated that the Beni Open Ground Sports Field Upgradation Project, allocated a budget of NPR 400,000 and contracted by New Baniya Construction Service for NPR 2,730,729, and the Gurungkot to Simdhara-Payarukh Road Upgradation Project, allocated a budget of NPR 200,000 and contracted by Baniya Construction Service for NPR 1,543,967, have commenced.

Separate projects for the construction of ward office buildings for Beni Municipality Wards-6 and 10, contracted by Somras Construction Service, have also started construction. The contract for the Ward-6 building, budgeted at NPR 150,000, was signed for NPR 1,382,224, and the contract for the Ward-10 hall, budgeted at NPR 120,000, was signed for NPR 1,094,848.

The projects related to the construction of the Balam-Thamdanda-Baskuna Irrigation, allocated a budget of NPR 400,000, and the Dadua Community Health Center building, allocated a budget of NPR 240,000, are in the contract signing stage, informed Municipality Administrative Officer Yubaraj Thapa, who also serves as the Information Officer.

Out of the 346 ward-level projects for which the Beni Municipality, comprising ten wards, allocated a budget, 242 agreements were signed by the end of Falgun, with 105 completed. One hundred four projects are in the agreement phase. Mayor Surat KC stated that consumer committees and construction entrepreneurs have been mobilized with the goal of completing all municipal pride projects and ward-level projects before the monsoon begins.

Beni Municipality allocated NPR 129.242 million for infrastructure projects this year, and in the first eight months of the fiscal year, NPR 19.087 million, or 14.77 percent, has been spent. Arrangements have been made for agreements for projects up to NPR 500,000 to be signed at the ward offices. Deputy Mayor Jyoti Lamichhane stated that emphasis is being placed on regular monitoring and making projects effective to maintain quality. She mentioned that the quality of roads paved and concreted using the 'core cutting' method with equipment assistance has been tested.