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CMC di Ravenna
Walked off the Melamchi tunnel site in December 2018 with the job ~93% done. Italian restructuring followed.
The record
CMC di Ravenna was the main tunnel contractor for the Melamchi Water Supply Project from 2013, and was the central international civil works contractor in Nepal at the time. The firm walked off the Melamchi site in December 2018 citing security and payment disputes — a moment that became emblematic of Nepal's contractor-management problems. CMC entered an Italian financial restructuring procedure shortly after.
The short version
CMC was an Italian construction company that started building the Melamchi water tunnel in 2013. In December 2018 they walked off the job — almost complete — citing safety and payment disputes. The company later went into restructuring in Italy.
Ownership
Italian construction cooperative. Was a major international civil works contractor; entered restructuring in Italy in 2018-19.
No documented political ties on the public record we audit.
Italian corporate filings; ADB Melamchi project records.
Projects awarded
2013
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walked off
Public-record concerns
OAGN finding
OAGN reports document CMC's December 2018 walk-off from the Melamchi tunnel site with the project ~93% complete, citing security and payment disputes.
Source2018-12
What to watch
- ·CMC has not bid on Nepali contracts since 2019. Successor entities and related Italian contractors are absent from the current Nepal bidder pool.
Sources · cited verbatim
Melamchi Water Supply Development Board — Contract status records
Open release checked 2025-01-10Asian Development Bank — Melamchi — Completion Report (contractor section)
Open release checked 2024-12-31
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