Kathmandu, Mar.   28:Nepal Commerce Campus, Minbhavan has described as baseless and misleading news report carried in section of the press alleging irregularity in the construction of a new building of the campus.

At a press conference here recently, the construction committee co-ordinator Madhav Prasad Nyaupane said, “The building was being constructed by mobilising its internal resources and 40 percent of the fund (of Rs 2.5 million) received from Tribhuvan University Higher Secondary Education Project.

All procudures regarding it had been completed and its construction was being built through a transparent procedure,  he added.

The contract for the 5-room building was awarded to the lowest bidder, Samanantar construction service, at Rs 5,618,702, he disclosed.

A communiqué distribution on the occasion says that the campus management has increased the monthly tuition fees for certificate, diploma and post graduate level (first year) students seeking admission from this year in order to meet its growing expenses and to enhance the quality of education.

Meanwhile in Mahendranagar, the daily activities of the Baitadi-Darchula roads project have been badly hampered by the absence of the project chief, according to the district administration office. The chief of the project situated at Gokuleshwor some 17 KM east of district headquarters Khalanga is carrying out project activities from his house at Kathmandu.

Project chief Ram Chandra Amatya was present at the project office only for 34 days in two years– 18 days in 2055 and 16 days in 2056.

The project employees have not even received their salaries for the past four months due to the absence of the project chief.

According to Darchula CDO Dev Prakash Lekhak, he has already written to the Home Ministry that the project chief has been spending more time at his home town Kathmandu rather than in project site.

Baitadi-Darchula Roads Project is a major project in the far western region.