Dear rahulvai, If you had any knowledge about how construction projects work in Nepal, you wouldn't have tried to raise arguments in favour of Melamchi project officials and political decision makers. Construction business is one of the most corrupt businesses in Nepal. I had numerous opportunities to work in construction projects in Nepal. I had worked even with KONECO and Lama Construction Company who were directly involved in Melamchi project and I know very well those people. Almost all construction projects in Nepal involve corruption. They are created not to develop Nepal or serve people. The sole but hidden objective of any construction project in Nepal is to steal money. The stolen money is distributed among project officials, concerned ministries and political leaders. I don't know whether Deuba got money from Melamchi project or not but considering sheer size of the project and money involved, I can guess the stolen money should have gone very far. For me, there is no doubt that taxpayer's money was mismanaged in Melamchi project. There was corruption for sure. The question now is who are the beneficieries of this mismanagement. I think, rahulvai is trying to make a political statement in his posting. It appears for me that rahulvai doesn't like King Gyanendra, so he thinks all king's opponents are good people.