Kathmandu. The tender process for the SunKoshi-Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project, a national pride project, is in its final stage. The project had prepared to open financial proposals on November 2nd. The tender was called through the Public Procurement Monitoring Office's e-GP system on June 8, 2026. Accordingly, a notice was published on October 27 stating that 3 companies were technically qualified and setting the date for opening their financial proposals. The project was preparing to open the financial proposals of these three technically evaluated companies at 1 PM on November 2nd at the SunKoshi Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project office in Sindhuli. However, the project's tender process has been thrown into uncertainty due to direct intervention from the Prime Minister's Secretariat.
On Thursday, citing a directive from the Prime Minister's Office, the Director General of the Water Resources and Irrigation Department, Dinesh Rajauria, and the Director of the SunKoshi-Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project, Krishnaprasad Rizal, were taken into custody by the police and brought to the Prime Minister's Office. The police team arrested Director General Rajauria from Lahan, Siraha, and Project Chief (Joint Secretary) Rizal from Sindhuli. After their arrest, they were brought to Kathmandu. However, they were not held in any police detention or unit. A high-ranking police official said, 'We sent them to Kathmandu after arresting them. They are not currently in any police unit.'
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