Kathmandu, January 4
A high-level team of Italian contractors CMC, which includes its CEO Paolo Porcelli, is coming to Nepal to hold discussions with the government regarding Melamchi Water Supply Project.
The team is coming to Nepal after the government asked the officials to come to Kathmandu to hold talks regarding the future of the project. No work has been done in the project since staff of CMC were caught leaving Kathmandu few weeks back.
The government, after the Italian Embassy ensured their return, had let the CMC staff leave for Christmas and New Year.
Project officials now assume that the contractor will ask the government to pay it the due amount as a precondition to resume work. Officials also add that talks are being held internally on how to deal with this situation and complete the project as soon as possible.
CMC’s Nepali subcontractors have also not come back to work demanding payment for their earlier work. Project officials speculate that the CMC will ask the government to pay their Nepali subcontractors so that works on the project continue.
