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Covid-19 Pandemic Delays Dozens of Projects That Were on Their Final WITHOUT F EAR OR FAVOUR Nepal’s largest selling English daily Vol XXVIII No. 189 | 8 pages | Rs.5 O O Printed simultaneously in Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Bharatpur and Nepalgunj 36.3 C 14.0 C Tuesday, September 01, 2020 | 16-05-2077 Bhairahawa Jomsom Covid-19 pandemic delays dozens of projects that were on their final lap Apart from time and cost overruns for the private and state projects, the impact will also be on the country’s economy which could incur losses worth billions of rupees. SANGAM PRASAIN & PRITHVI MAN SHRESTHA for such projects to fly in, although it KATHMANDU, AUG 31 has announced that foreigners work- ing for diplomatic missions will be The Gautam Buddha International allowed to enter from September 1. Airport in Bhairahawa was expected After the lockdown was lifted in the to be up and running at the end of this third week of July, projects both big year. Similarly, the 456MW Upper and small, funded either by the gov- Tamakoshi in Dolakha, was to begin ernment or private institutions, were production by October this year. allowed to mobilise workers only for Both the projects were on their final civilian work. lap when the Covid-19 pandemic “Obviously, there is a challenge to struck. There is now uncertainty over bring skilled manpower to install the their completion. equipment, although most of the The two projects needed technical equipment have arrived,” said manpower and experts from abroad. Adhikari. “We will request the gov- The Covid-19-induced lockdown and ernment to allow projects to bring the ban on international flights meant no technicians even if it means charter- one could enter the country. ing flights.” POST PHOTO: KESHAV THAPA Along with these two, several other The Gautam Buddha airport project A woman returns home after buying daily essentials in Bhaktapur on Monday. Authorities have issued prohibitory orders in Kathmandu Valley till September 2, restricting all non-essential public large projects have also been delayed. needs to bring technicians from movement and operation of businesses, to contain the coronavirus spread. Shops are allowed to open for only a few hours in the morning. In the case of Nepal’s second inter- Austria, the United States and national airport, foreign technical Vietnam, according to Adhikari, who manpower was set to arrive to install also oversees another international the runway lighting system and other airport being built in Pokhara . Pranab Mukherjee, India’s equipment. The Pokhara International Airport Current efforts to slow the virus not working, The country’s largest hydropower was scheduled to be completed six former president, dies plant is also awaiting foreign techni- months before its stipulated deadline cal manpower for the commissioning of July 10 next year because of the NEW DELHI: and testing, the final phase before good progress it was making before During five time to start antibody tests, doctors say production begins. Covid-19. But officials, now, say that decades in Officials at these projects said they too may not happen. Indian poli- The mass testing, or seroprevalence survey, can provide estimation on the percentage of are unable to definitely tell when they All equipment for the second pack- tics, Pranab will come into operation. age—installation of communication, Mukherjee, people in a population with antibodies against SARS-Cov-2, which causes Covid-19. “We are not sure on the operation navigation and surveillance, air traf- who died on deadline of the airports now,” said fic management and meteorological Monday after Pradip Adhikari, chief of the national equipment—of Gautam Buddha air- a lung infec- ARJUN POUDEL Monday, taking the tally to 5,724. official at the Department of Health pride projects under the Civil Aviation port is here, but the Thai contractors tion, led some KATHMANDU, AUG 31 The government has been relying Services, who spoke on condition of Authority of Nepal. have not been able to come or send of the on lockdowns and prohibitory orders anonymity, told the Post. “Concerned The government has not said when their technicians. nation’s most REUTERS The restrictions imposed to contain to contain the virus spread. However, authorities then could have restricted it will allow skilled manpower needed >> Continued on page 2 powerful Pranab Mukherjee the coronavirus spread do not seem to health experts have long argued that movements to and from the areas ministries have worked well, if the infection rates– blanket restrictions are not a solution where the cases were high. It could and eventually became its president, across the country and Kathmandu to the pandemic. They say the deci- have helped break the transmission but the ultimate prize still eluded him: Valley–are anything to go by. sions–to impose the lockdown on chain to a large extent, preventing the the prime ministership. The national Covid-19 tally on March 24 and then completely lift it virus taking hold in society.” Mukherjee tested positive for Monday reached 39,460, with 228 after four months without giving a A serology test examines the pres- COVID-19 on Aug. 10 and had been in deaths. proper thought–were wrong. ence of antibodies. When a human hospital since. He was 84. The Health Ministry said that 899 What then the authorities could body is exposed to a foreign pathogen, Valued for his ability to build con- people tested positive, with seven have done? it produces antibodies in response. sensus by exerting his charm to bring deaths, in the last 24 hours. Kathmandu Apart from testing, tracing and Serology tests look for either together disparate groups, Mukherjee Valley recorded 298 new cases on treating, the government should have Immunoglobulin M (IgM) or never won the top job, despite decades resorted to seroprevalence sur- Immunoglobulin G (IgG), the two anti- of loyalty to the Congress party. veys, doctors say. According to bodies developed by the body against The former college teacher and them, seroprevalence surveys the virus. The IgM is the first antibody journalist lacked a grassroots politi- can provide data on the preva- developed by the immune system, so it cal base, but held more than a dozen lence of the virus in communi- is detected during the test first, within federal portfolios between 1973 and ties, thereby helping the authori- a week or two, followed by the IgG, 2012, ranging from commerce and ties locate hotspots and take var- which is detected during another test finance to defence and foreign affairs. ious necessary measures accord- two weeks after the infection. But he could also raise hackles, as ingly. A seroprevalence survey can pro- when finance minister in 2012, he “Had such a survey been car- vide an estimation on the percentage demanded a $2-billion payment from ried out in some Tarai districts, of people in a population with anti- Vodafone as part of a retrospective tax especially Parsa, Morang, and bodies against SARS-Cov-2, which PHOTO COURTESY: GAUTAM BUDDHA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PROJECT on long-concluded corporate deals. Dhanusha, we could have known causes Covid-19. The Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa was supposed to start operation by (Full story on page 6) the prevalence of the virus,” an >> Continued on page 2 the end of this year. C M Y K TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 01, 2020 | 02 NATIONAL Government Kathmandu Mayor Shakya partially reopens Demonstrations continue over foreign employment tests positive for Covid-19 hit by pandemic As he had met mayors from other municipalities on custody death of Dalit youth CHANDAN KUMAR MANDAL Thursday, they are worried they might have been infected. KATHMANDU, AUG 31 Family of Bijay Kumar has refused to accept probe committee formed by Home Ministry. ANUP OJHA According to a report by the public Nepal’s foreign employment sector is KATHMANDU, AUG 31 health department of Kathmandu SHIVA PURI finally reopening after the govern- Metropolitan City, a total of 2,452 posi- RAUTAHAT, AUG 31 ment decided to allow aspirant work- In yet another proof of the unchecked tive cases have been recorded in the ers to go abroad months after it spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in city as of August 29. Friends and relatives of the Dalit youth who died after alleg- stopped issuing permits. Kathmandu Valley, Kathmandu On Monday, 190 positive cases were edly being tortured by police in custody have continued A Cabinet meeting on Sunday decid- Metropolitan City’s Mayor Bidya reported in Kathmandu district and their protest in Rautahat, saying they won’t accept the ed to resume issuing labour permits Sundar Shakya tested positive for 372 on Sunday, the Ministry of Health probe committee formed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. for migrant workers after a hiatus of coronavirus on Monday, according to a and Population said. The municipali- Bijay Kumar and six others were arrested on August 19 in over five months. municipality source. ty-wise breakdown of figures for the connection to the death of Niranjan Ram, a local teenager, Minister for Labour, Employment Shakya, who had come under criti- district for the last two days is not in Garuda Municipality. Nineteen-year-old Bijay died on and Social Security Rameshwar Ray cism from chairs of wards of his own available. On Sunday, a record 415 per- August 26 and his family members have claimed that he was Yadav said, “Labour permits will now be city for not doing enough to check the sons from the Valley tested positive tortured in custody. issued for countries safe for workers. We spread of the virus, had been pointing while the figure came down to 298 on Police have been saying that Bijay died in the course of need to assess the demand for workers fingers at the federal government for Monday.
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