Request to stop the bandh/strike against the cable car construction project at Pathibhara
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According to the private sector, the investment-friendly environment will be affected due to the bandh/strike in various districts of Koshi province. Federation of Nepal Industry and Commerce, Confederation of Nepal Industry and Nepal Chamber of Commerce issued a joint statement on Tuesday and requested to stop the bandh/strike immediately.
There is now a controversy regarding the construction of a cable car in Pathibhara area of Taplejung under Koshi. The agitating party has been conducting bandh/strike in various districts for the past few days. The private sector has said that this has created a situation that affects the investment-friendly environment from educational, economic and social life to the infrastructure development of the country.
In order to develop and promote tourism in the Pathibhara region, the cable car construction project is progressing and all the three organizations have requested to immediately stop the bandh/strike in opposition to it.
'Since the recent activities that are stopping the development work will send a negative message to domestic and foreign investors investing in Nepal, we request the relevant stakeholders to be serious about this matter, to create an environment in which the work of development and construction can be carried out smoothly and smoothly,' the statement said.  ;
While the private sector has already invested billions of rupees in tourism, providing employment to thousands of Nepalis directly and indirectly, the cable car to be built in Pathibhara will provide safe, fast and convenient travel for passengers, along with infrastructure construction, promotion of religious, cultural and adventure tourism, promotion of business through development of agriculture and handicrafts. is.
It is also stated in the statement that direct and indirect employment opportunities will be created for the local people and it will have a positive impact on the tourism development of the country. Instead, the private sector has taken it as an attempt to stop the flow of development,' the statement states.
The Koshi and Gandaki provinces of the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry have issued separate statements on Tuesday and have mentioned the view that the current obstacles should be removed while the government and the private sector are trying to develop the economy which has been in crisis due to the covid epidemic and other factors.
