-Madhab Raj Ghimire
Developing country not just has to face lack of infrastructure buildings but also has to bear burden of inefficiency of performance. Every time, it has to face unnecessary burden of fines due to bureaucratic, political incompetence.
Let’s see the example of, three days before, news sensation and some days ago Kathmandu over bridge buildings. The unknown company is asking for compensation, after CIAA intervened constructing over head bridges. Then after, the day before yesterday, we learnt that Air Arabia asking for compensation for postpone of the flights operation from Kathmandu to Malaysian capital. In the same time, there will be chance of looking at the incident from International court implementation of fifth freedom rights regarding international standards which was conducted agreement between both parties. Yesterday, Sino Hydro asked compensation causing strikes and different geographical structure of the sites.
Just these couple of example are enough to understand why are corporation or development related institution turn out expensive while question comes for product cost or operation cost. Now, Sino Hydro which has already spent remarkable amount on to West Seti Hydro project will be after compensation from the government if there would be lack of supportive efforts from government or locals. However, its learnt that GoN is not extend the term for the project citing no remarkable progress made until the date since company received license nearly one and half decade ago.
Why our projects get hampered while they are near about to start work of construction or operation? There are so many reasons; First, political incompetence to deal such a sector specific issues to understand for the long run operation. Adding with this, political leader’s incompetence is majorly hampering to infrastructures related projects. Second, lack of home work, before reach to the agreement, always come to the final conclusion to do agreement with second party in haste manner. Third, lack of effective regulatory regime and incompetence’s of implementation agency. Fourth, despite having some of regulatory agency and unwillingness of effective implementation and monitoring to developments projects activities cost heavily to nation. Finally, ToR and MoU are key factors for any infrastructures buildings. Thus, Nepalese sector specific regulation should provide clear understanding of terms and conditions of MoU to reduce emerging disputes in future.
mrghimire@hotmail.com
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