Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has already decided to cancel the contract with Chinese Company for not commencing the work of lengthening the runway of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) despite repetitive reminders.
Deputy Director General of CAAN Mr. Birendra Shrestha said that the authority has been trying to terminate the contract of Shanxi construction. We are coordinating with Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the required approval for the termination, he added. Soon after the termination, new tender notice will be generated to award the contract to the another company as per the Public Procurement Act.
Shanxi Construction Engineering Group of China and CAAN had contracted to extend the runway of sole international airport of country by 300 meters at its southern end or runway 02 in last October however, the company didn’t commence the work complaining about increment in prices of construct.
CAAN had proposed to extend the runway by 300 meters at southern part so that aircraft will have space to stop when an aircraft making its takeoff roll from the northern end aborts takeoff. Currently there is no overrun area at the northern end and if aircraft taking off from the end runs out of runway, it could sink into a ravine 50-60 meters deep.
This is the second time CAAN’s runway extension plan was cancelled and the project is now likely to be delayed by a year. Previously CAAN had contracted Spanish company Constructora Sanjose for the same project but was ripped off in end of 2016 for performing only 17% of work in almost 4 years from the time of contract period. CAAN had invited bids in mid 2017 and broke the project into 4 packages and provided it to different contractor.
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