Officials of Winsome International, the Indian firm which has taken the factory in lease, said the factory will resume operation by the first week of April. [break]At present the management is repairing machineries of the 75-year old factory, according to Nani Kaji Shrestha, an employee. He further added that Winsome International will start recruiting workers from the last week of March.
The government had handed over the factory to Winsome International on 25-year lease through competitive bidding.
Winsome International is also installing new machineries in the factory. “We will start operation once the maintenance works on machineries is completed and new machineries are installed,” said Ashok Pokharel, president of board of directors of the factory, said.
Meanwhile, the management has said that it will give old workers in the recruitment process.
“We are trying to recruit old workers as they have the required skills and experience,” Pokharel said. "We will source technical workforce from other countries if we failed to find workers with required technical skills in the domestic market.”
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