Rajbiraj, June 21 -- More than seven and a half years after the government decided to establish the Ram Raja Prasad Singh Academy of Health Sciences in Rajbiraj, the project has yet to complete even its Detailed Project Report (DPR).

The Cabinet, on December 31, 2018, decided to establish the academy in Saptari. Owing to a dispute over land ownership, the foundation stone for the project was laid two-and-a-half years later, on July 6, 2021, by then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli through a virtual ceremony.

Before that, on June 27, 2019, the government had set up the Infrastructure Preparation Development Committee office to oversee the construction of the academy. Since then, three people have served as chair of the committee, but none ha...