Hilihang Rural Municipality has spent 248,000 to modernize the traditional business by distributing plowing equipment to 10 businessmen.
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Hillihang Rural Municipality has provided equipment to 10 people who are traditionally operating Aran. The rural municipality provided welding machines, drill machines, welding rods and drill bits to 10 businessmen on Tuesday.
According to Samar Bahadur Adhikari, chairman of Hilihang Rural Municipality, the equipment was purchased and distributed to businessmen at a cost of 248,000.
"The number of people running Aran is decreasing. We have helped 10 people in the first phase, we expect that the support of the rural municipality will help them to develop the business in a new way and increase their income", said the presiding officer. Especially in the villages here, agricultural and household tools are manufactured and repaired.
Similarly, in the current year, the federal government has provided a special grant of 5 million to promote the traditional professions of the Dalit community, he said. The official said that the budget will provide the necessary materials to most of the Aran businessmen.
Although the tools made from Aran used traditionally are of good quality, the price is higher than the tools available in the market now. Producers say that if the Aran can be modernized, the price of the produced tools will also decrease. In the coming year, the rural municipality has prepared to collect data and provide materials based on needs.
According to Santveer Rasaili of Hilihang-6, although the materials produced in traditional Aran fetch good prices, government support is needed to modernize Aran. It would have been easier for us if we had made Aaron less of a workhorse. He emphasized that the rural municipality should provide continuous support as most of the Dalits do not have enough land and source of income.
Gangamaya Vishwakarma, a member of the village executive, says that there are about 100 houses in Hilihang where there are traditional aran businesses, but only if the government respects the traditional profession, it can take a professional form.
