KTM Metro railway plan gets hiccups

The metro rail project has failed to attract bids for its feasibility study from short-listed companies in the time originally stipulated. None of the six firms short-listed to conduct a feasibility study for setting up a metro rail system in the Valley has submitted a proposal within the July 10 deadline.

Chung Suk Engineering Company Limited, Korea; MMM group, Canada and MAA, Taiwan (a joint venture of the two companies); RITES Ltd, India; Scott Wilson, India; Systra SA France and Team Consulting Engineering and Management Company Ltd, Thailand have been short-listed for the purpose.

This cold response from the firms has compelled the government to extend the deadline to July 18.

“This is not an outright failure of the railway project. The matter of fact is that the deadline was revised by consulting with the six companies,” said Ram Kumar Lamsal, chief of the Department of Railways. “There are some shortcomings in the government approach, though. But the companies themselves demanded an extension of the proposal submission deadline.”

Officials privy to the development say the companies are interested in the feasibility study but are willing to submit their proposals only after some concerns are addressed by the government. Three weeks ago, representatives of the six firms held discussions with officials of the railway project and the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works.

“I don’t think the companies are disinterested in a feasibility study. But some technical details have left the process in a limbo, at least for a while,” said Lamsal. “They need to come here from abroad, bring along technical experts for ground assessment and make site visits. This may have required them more time.”

The metro dream, which sold like hot cakes initially, has faced hiccups already. As a dampener, there were delays in setting up the Department of Railways, by upgrading the railway project.

“The government must show dedication to projects that are vital for the country’s development. We have urged the Ministry of Finance to allocate funds in the upcoming budget for railway projects across the nation,” added Lamsal.

Björn Söderberg : Works in Nepal

I saw one upoad in youtube today and knew about this man "Björn Söderberg" .

He owns  organisations named Websearch Professional Pvt. ltd. (Kathmandu, Nepal) , Watabaran Cards & Paper Creations (Kathmandu, Nepal).

Websearch Professional Pvt. ltd.

Websearch ptofrssional Pvt. Ltd is a IT based company .

The interesting thing it, this organisation searches those students who are unable to receive further studies( University ) due to financial problems. After that, they provide scholarship for these students to receive a university Degree. When they complete the four year university , they now need to work with the organisation as a paid employee for extra four years. 

I may not be able to make it clear to you. You can watch the video above to be more clear or visit their website if you are interested.

The employees of this organisation also need to donate 1% of their salary for WebSearch children's education fund . This funds helps those childrens to get better who are being unable to go to school for education. 

Watabaran Cards & Paper Creations

Watabaran is a Nepalese company working with fair trade that produces recycled handmade paper products like Christmas Cards, paper gift bags, eco friendly gift boxes, paper notebooks. These products are then exported to various countries.

When the company was started, it conducted literacy programs so that the employees could work more smoothly. Their products are eco friendly and they work and also help to conserve the environment by creating paperbags and recycling other products.

Björn Söderberg owns  Fair Enterprise Network with a motto of :

"Working ethically is profitable. It's not solely about creating an attractive image outwards, but also about building a positive business culture and motivational internal processes in the organization.”

Some Images :

We make the nation

I got to see a lot of photos in facebook about the wall's of kathmandu city being painted with some great ideas of changing the nation by our own effort rather being dependent on some fat politician (no offence) who don't even care about their country and people.

One of them is kailash sherestha. Shrestha said, “Everywhere you look there are political slogans or posters, we thought, we’d give the place a new look. People are tired and frustrated seeing the same things. We just wanted to bring some flavor—a change.” 

Above is one of my favourite Nawang Tara Ghale with her friends.

Another similar work is We preserve the environment! .

Imageschool Nepal , one of my favorite. I actually forgot the name behind imageschool (Sorry!). But i love his work.

Some great names behind these works are probably (sorry if mistaken please comment to make corrections ) :

Kailash K Shrestha

Narayan Maharjan

Niva Chitrakar

Shreedeep Rayamajhi --> Silent Protest in front of BICC

If there are some names that i have missed.. please let me know.. via facebook comment or comment in this blog i will add them.

Here are some pics.. but you can visit the full album of those pics to enjoy . I have provided the facebook links with the names. Enjoy ! and if possible .. contribute.