{"id":432327,"date":"2026-07-09T15:26:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=432327"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:41:47","slug":"pm-shah-assures-support-to-address-challenges-facing-construction-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/07\/09\/432327.html","title":{"rendered":"PM Shah assures support to address challenges facing construction sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu:<\/strong> Prime Minister Balendra Shah has assured the government is committed to resolving the problems facing Nepal&#8217;s construction sector and creating a more favourable environment for investment and economic reforms through infrastructure development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a meeting with office bearers of the Federation of Contractors&#8217; Association of Nepal (FCAN) at the Prime Minister&#8217;s Office today, Prime Minister Shah said the construction sector plays a crucial role in accelerating economic growth, creating employment opportunities and building the country&#8217;s physical infrastructure. He said the government is positive about addressing the challenges affecting infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister stressed that close cooperation among the government, contractors and other stakeholders is essential to ensure the timely completion of development projects. He also underscored the need to make infrastructure development more transparent, accountable, dignified and results-oriented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representatives of the Federation briefed the Prime Minister on the major challenges confronting the sector, including delayed payments for completed works, contract management issues, delays in extending project deadlines, price adjustment concerns, strict implementation deadlines, and difficulties related to banking facilities and investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They urged the government to strengthen coordination with the private sector, saying greater cooperation is necessary to ensure the sustainability of the construction industry and accelerate infrastructure development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those attending the meeting were FCAN Senior Vice-President Nikolas Pandey, General Secretary Shivhari Ghimire, Bagmati Province Vice-President Balkrishna Thapa, former President and Advisor Jayram Lamichhane, as well as Prime Minister Shah&#8217;s Chief Advisor Kumar Byanjankar, ICT Advisor Bibek Mishra and Principal Private Secretary Subas Sharma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Balendra Shah has assured the government is committed to resolving the problems facing Nepal&#8217;s construction sector and creating a more favourable environment for investment and economic reforms through infrastructure development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":427804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-432327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432328,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432327\/revisions\/432328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432327"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=432327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}