Nawalpur: The contractor of Narayangarh-Butwal road section has demanded extension of the deadline saying several impediments had emerged in course of the expansion of the road section along the East-West Highway.

The road expansion drive got affected in the initial days after the enforcement of the lockdown with the spread of the coronavirus, the China Estate Engineering, the contractor, said, asking for the expansion of the deadline.

The Narayangarh-Butwal Road Project (eastern section) confirmed the contractor's demand for project time extension.

Project Chief Ramesh Kumar Dishti shared that the contractor has furnished necessary documents to the designated consultant calling for extending the project deadline.

"The consultant looks after all the works related to road expansion", he said, adding, "We merely do monitoring and issue directives when necessary".

The consultant would recommend to the Narayangarh-Butwal road project to extend the deadline only if the reasons behind the demand for timeline extension are satisfactory, Dishti added.

"The road expansion works are under evaluation. Necessary process would advance after ascertaining the requirement of time against progress," he further explained.

Though the contractor side has demanded an extension of the project period by two years, it would not be possible just on the basis of the demand, he noted.