Suryabinayak Municipality has called tenders for erosion-control and risk-reduction works along Ghattekhola in Bhaktapur after the Bagmati Province government confirmed Rs 20 million in funding for the project. The works are intended to address damage and risks along the stream, where flooding after continuous rainfall eroded land around nearby settlements.
Funding clears the way for the contract
The municipality moved to the tender stage after the provincial government confirmed the source of funds. The Rs 20 million had been pledged by Chief Minister Kiran Thapa Magar for the Ghattekhola area following the flooding and erosion. With the funding secured, the municipality can proceed with contracting the work rather than relying only on the earlier commitment.
The funding decision links the provincial pledge with a municipal procurement process: the province has confirmed the money, while Suryabinayak Municipality has called tenders for the works. The reported purpose is to control erosion and reduce risks along the stream. Details such as the contract schedule, the selected contractor and the specific construction methods were not included in the information available about the tender announcement.
Flooding and erosion around settlements
The project follows flooding in Ghattekhola after continuous rainfall. The water eroded land around settlements along the stream, creating concerns that the area requires measures to control further erosion and reduce risk. The available information does not identify particular properties, give an estimate of the land affected or describe the extent of damage. It does, however, connect the funding pledge and the municipality’s tender call to the erosion that followed the flooding.
The sequence described in reports is that flooding and erosion prompted a commitment of Rs 20 million for the area, followed by confirmation of the funding by the provincial government. That confirmation enabled the municipality to advance the project through tendering. The tender call marks a step toward carrying out the proposed works, although it does not by itself establish when construction will begin or how long it will take.
Next step is selecting a contractor
The municipality’s tender call invites the contracting process to move forward for the erosion-control and risk-reduction works. Further progress will depend on the procurement process and implementation of the contract. No additional project specifications, including the length of the stream section to be treated or the type of protective structures planned, were provided in the reports summarized here.
The provincial funding is intended to support work in an area where flooding has already eroded land around settlements. Residents in the affected surroundings are therefore the intended beneficiaries of measures to control erosion and reduce risk, but the available information does not set out a separate timeline for when they can expect the work to be completed. The municipality’s tender announcement provides the current practical step toward addressing the problem, while the confirmed Rs 20 million commitment provides the funding basis for proceeding.
The tender announcement was reported by Ratopati and News of Nepal. Both reports describe the municipality’s move after funding was secured for the Ghattekhola erosion-control project.
