The compost manure plant and agricultural resource center, built at a cost of about Rs. 20 million in the fiscal years 2075/76 and 2076/77, have fallen into ruins.
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The compost manure plan and agricultural resource center built at a cost of over Rs 20 million in Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality-2 Solma has fallen into ruins.
The compost manure plan and agricultural resource center, which were built at a cost of about 20 million rupees in the fiscal years 2075/76 and 2076/77, have fallen into disrepair.
The compost manure plan was built at a cost of 19 million 70 thousand 604 rupees through a contract and more than 1 million through a quotation. The compost manure plan was built with the aim of making the city organic by producing compost manure from the waste within the city. However, it has fallen into disrepair due to management problems.
The then mayor of Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality, Deep Narayan Rijal, and deputy mayor Bina Devi Rai, laid the foundation stone on Asad 1, 2076, and after the work was completed, the then Chief Minister of Province 1, Sherdhan Rai, inaugurated it on Chaitra 1, 2077.
Local Ganga Bahadur Bishwakarma said that the current local government did not show interest in the industry, which had already started producing manure. ‘The compost manure plan has become a ruin because the municipality has not been able to manage it,’ said Bishwakarma. ‘If it had been managed, it would have provided farmers with easy manure, waste management, employment and also a source of income for the municipality.’
Bishwakarma has given 6 ropanis of land for the compost manure plan. Of this, four ropanis have been leased until 2091 BS and two ropanis of land have been provided to the municipality free of charge. ‘The municipality gave the land as if it had made a good plan. But all that was done was just talk and no work,’ said Bishwakarma.
The strategy of establishing an agricultural resource center at that place was adopted. Other infrastructure including animal and agricultural labs were also built. But all this has fallen into disrepair due to lack of management.
The compost manure plan had been closed during the previous local government’s tenure and no one showed interest even when bids were called for its operation repeatedly, said Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality Mayor Tirtharaj Bhattarai. Bhattarai said that the compost plan made in a place like Diktel could not be put into operation because it was unsuitable. ‘This situation has come about because crores of rupees were spent without making a long-term plan for the operation of the compost plan, including raw materials,’ said Mayor Bhattarai. ‘Studies are still being conducted on its operation.’
14.52 million rupees were spent on the purchase of the compost plan machine and the construction of the structure in the fiscal year 2075/76. The contract for the work was taken by Resource and Change Management Pvt. Ltd. Kathmandu. A huge expenditure has also been made on the construction of the compound of the industry. In the fiscal year 2076/77, Mukunda Indira Nirman Sewa had carried out the construction of the compound at a cost of 44.43 million rupees.
The construction of the pond and the high-tech greenhouse are also in a state of disrepair. A lot of expenditure has also been made on the construction of the pond and the high-tech greenhouse. In the fiscal year 2076/77, Rs. 1 million 6 thousand 604 was spent on the construction of a high-tech greenhouse. The contract for the work was taken by West Construction and Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Sunsari.
Expenditure has also been made on the purchase of buffaloes for raw materials required for fertilizer production, flowers for gardening in the compost fertilizer plan industry compound, various types of plants and decorative materials. Along with this, various project works were carried out through quotations of about Rs. 1 million, said Mohan Kumar Bhattarai, Information Officer of Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality.
The buffaloes purchased for excrement required for the fertilizer industry are also not available at this time. Information Officer Bhattarai said that out of the three buffaloes purchased for Rs. 200,000, one died and two were auctioned for Rs. 90,000. Only one machine and one tractor purchased for the compost fertilizer plan are in operation. Bhattarai said that one tractor and one vehicle have broken down.
