December 16, Kathmandu. Ninety percent of heavy equipment have been lying idle since September as under-construction infrastructure sector projects have been brought to a complete halt because of the scarcity of petroleum products. According to Tara Bahadur Kuwar, president of the Heavy Equipment Association of Nepal, out of the 4,000 heavy machineries in the country, nearly 3,600 are lying idle and only about 400 are operating in the Western region and in areas near the Indian border. Construction entrepreneurs say that heavy machineries are lying idle for the lack of fuel because of the Indian blockade. They also complain that as some equipment were still at the construction sites, there was a risk of their parts being stolen and their engines falling into disrepair. Kuwar said that the government should. . . विस्तृतमा »
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