In the first phase, the blocks without contention are measured
Despite the declaration of an industrial zone, re-examination of the Motipur industrial zone of Butwal, which has been stalled for a long time, has started. The construction work could not be started due to political strife and disputes over the land cultivated by the locals. On the initiative of the local government, 238 bigha land of Butwal sub-metropolitan city-17 and 18 under undisputed sector 'B' is going to be demarcated and re-measured.
On Monday, the General Manager of Industrial Area Management Limited Padam Wali, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply Krishna Bahadur Raut, Chief of Deputy Metropolitan Municipality Khelraj Pandey, Head of Industrial Area Management Limited Butwal Deepak Acharya, Lumbini Province President of Confederation of Nepal Industry Ejaz Alam, representative of Napi Office Butwal and others started the re-examination. done Even before this, 850 bigha area of Motipur industrial area was demarcated.
General Manager Wali said that demarcation has been started in the name of industrial zone development after demarcating the land of the river rising area, local settlement with arable land, other public organizations, monasteries and other land from the current survey. Along with measurement, IE, EIA and other works will also be done. "After that, the development work of the industrial sector will proceed with the creation of a new DPR," he said.
According to the previous DPR, the industrial area was divided into 5 blocks. Deepak Acharya, Head of Industrial Area Management Limited, Butwal said that there is no dispute over 238 bighas of sector 'B', 199 bighas of sector 'D' and 44 bighas of sector 'E'. Only 2 houses in sector 'D' and 9 houses in 'E' are in the land of industrial area.
This time, the federal government had announced the creation of an industrial zone on more than 900 bigha land, including the river uplift area from Motipur to Tilottama, Suddhodhan and Siari in Butwal. According to the same announcement, the government has brought 813 bigha of land in the name of Motipur Industrial Area Development Committee. DPR of 946.46 bighas has been prepared including 133.46 bighas for which parts have not been received.
On February 21, 2077, the then finance minister and UML leader Bishnu Paudel and the then industry minister Lekhraj Bhatt jointly laid the foundation stone of the industrial sector. However, the work could not proceed as the foundation stone laying program was interrupted by locals protesting that even the land of settlement and cultivation had been transferred to the industrial area.
