Alice Albright, chief executive officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, is confident that two vital projects—a transmission line’s construction and road upgrades—under MCC Nepal Compact will be completed within the five-year deadline. Initiated in August, just four years and 11 months remain to meet this goal. 

In an exclusive conversation with a select group of journalists, Albright highlighted that the top leaders of Nepal's three major political parties—CPN (Maoist Center), Nepali Congress, and CPN-UML—stand firmly in favor of these projects’ execution.

After meetings with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli, she said that she received  their unequivocal commitment to removing any obstacles that might hinder the progress of these projects.

“I am very optimistic that the project would be completed in the next five years and the Nepal government has indicated their full commitments,” she said.  

Asked about the support of the United States for the interpretative declaration adopted by Nepal's Parliament during the MCC endorsement, she affirmed, “We agree with it… we have already implemented the project.”

During the press conference, senior officials from MCA-Nepal reported that they have not encountered any major challenges in the field during the project's implementation.