MELAMCHI: Attention of people’s representatives has been toward the sluggish construction of the mid-Bhotekoshi hydropower project. They have started pressure on the concerned authorities for its completion within the extended deadline.

The project has extended two year’s time for its completion following its failure to meet the first completion target of 2017.

The 102 megawatts project started in 2013. Now, the extended deadline for the project’s completion is June 2019. But only 50 percent of the construction has been completed so far as only four months remain to reach the deadline.

“Local level has been concerned with the delay. As a result, the locals, who have a portion of investment in the project, have been affected,” said Raj Kumar Poudel, chairperson of the rural municipality in a statement.