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Sal leaves are being made into lafa by blowing them with bamboo sticks. The prepared lafa is dried on one side. The dried lafa is placed in the machine. After cutting according to the shape and size by the machine, lapis is ready.
In the creative women's industry in Banepa Municipality-7, women are giving a new look to Duna and Tapari by using traditional skills and technology. 7 women from Banepa with the technical knowledge of making duna, tapri, lapis using
technology are now also producing materials . Rupa Khatiwada, president of Creative Women's Industry, said that the plan to make duna-tapri using technology was made two years ago, but the Creative Women's Awakening Campaign has now been completed. According to him, due to technical and management issues, the start of this work has been delayed.
7 women from the group are now directly involved in the industry they operate. "Even though this work looks normal, it takes a long time to get to the end," she said. It is placed in the machine. After he puts it in 15 to 17 seconds, the machine cuts it according to the size and shape and then it is ready. She said it would be. 
They have directly linked local women with employment . They procure raw materials (sal leaves and zinc) from the local level . They buy zinc at Rs 150 per mouth and sal leaves at Rs 80 to Rs 120 per mouth. According to President Khatiwada, this job is a bit easier for those who have traditional skills related to Duna, Tapri, Lapes.
'You have to pay special attention while running this machine,' she said, 'you have to know how to adjust the temperature of the machine, now we have 6 dies (equipment for adjusting size and shape), from which 6 sizes and shapes of duna, topri and lapis are made, duna in the machine , you have to be careful while keeping the topi.
'Sal leaf is not available forever, its season is only from June to Falgun-Chait, for later we have to bring the leaf now, and the other main challenge is in marketing,' she said, 'because lapis is used a lot in the Newar community, lapis is The demand is high, for now there is good demand in the local market. After learning
technical skills, they started the industry a month ago. They have invested about 10 lakh rupees for the operation of the industry. 'Even though the price of the machine is a little high, a lot of investment has been made in it,' said Khatiwada, 'one machine costs around 6 lakhs, adding up all the raw materials and other materials, the industry has invested around 10 lakhs.' Now, 1200 pieces of duna, tapri, lapis have been produced . The price of lapis/topri is fixed at 200 for 25 pieces and 400 for 50 pieces . Similarly, 40 pieces of small duna is Rs. 60 and large duna is fixed at Rs. 80 . They also take sal leaves and make lafa at home in their free time . "After doing the housework, I make Lafa in my spare time," she said, "My family also helps me, it's fun when everyone is together." She teaches this skill to anyone who wants to learn it. "If you want to learn how to make duna, tapri, and lapis using technology, we will teach you through the industry," she said, "We will also provide training to those who want to take this training." 
