KAVRE, March 7: Three mining and crusher industries operating in wards 2 and 12 of the Panauti Municipality of Kavrepalanchok have been shut down, for failing to renew the .
Diamond Stone Mining Pvt Ltd located in ward 2, Bhaleshwor Roda Dhunga Udyog Pvt Ltd in ward 12, and Deeplaxmi Aggregate and Mining Pvt Ltd have been closed until further orders. According to Mayor Ram Sharan Bhandari, the mining and geology department has expired and they have been operating without permission despite repeated requests, so these industries have been closed until further orders. The municipality had decided to close these industries after monitoring them this morning.
Mayor Bhandari, Deputy Mayor Geeta Banjara, the concerned ward chairperson and a team of security personnel from the Banepa Area Police Office conducted a monitoring and shut down the three industries. On February 5, the district-level monitoring committee concluded that the river and mining-related crusher industries and geographical disparity were the main causes of the floods and landslides, and decided to close the industries operating illegally due to public complaints of huge losses of property and people due to illegally operated stone and crushers. Out of the 14 crushers and mines in Panauti, eight mines and five crusher industries have reopened after the disaster. Out of these, three mines and crusher industries have been closed.
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The committee had sent a letter to all local levels in the district on February 5 to close the illegally operated stone mines and crushers, but after they did not implement it, it decided to close the industries operating illegally on February 5. Accordingly, Panauti has conducted a monitoring and shut down the three industries today.
Meanwhile, it has been found that mining and crusher industries in other local levels are operating without implementing the committee's decision. After the floods and landslides of September end, the flow of the river changed its course, settlements were at risk, surrounding areas were also destroyed and swept away, and landslides occurred, and dust and mudslides increased the river level. The committee had requested the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority for a study, stating that a serious and detailed study should be conducted on all aspects of the settlement, mining, river forest area, and geological conditions in the current situation.
The local levels that were particularly affected by the floods, Panauti, Roshi, Bethanchowk, and Namobuddha, have the most crushers and mines. Before the disaster, out of the 13 local levels in the district, 14 mines and crushers were in operation in Panauti, five in Roshi, four in Namobuddha and Bhumlu, three in Bethanchowk, two in Mandan, and one each in Banepa, Temal, and Chauri.
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