Industries Minister Damodar Bhandari has made an on-site visit to the disputed limestone mining area in Ward No. 3 and 4 of Triveni Rural Municipality of Rolpa on Thursday. After years of complaints of illegal quarrying of limestone, the minister himself came and observed it for the first time.

For nearly half a decade, two companies have been mining the limestone continuously. There are widespread complaints of non-payment of taxes to the government for extracting minerals. Rolpa Chundhunga Pvt Ltd and Shiv Swaroop Minerals Udyog Pvt Ltd have been mining limestone illegally, ignoring the demands of local residents. The rural municipality, which has fought a case up to the Supreme Court to stop the mining, collects 700 million tax from the mining company to the local and federal government. The rest is said to be.

Industry Minister Bhandari has arrived for on-site monitoring and observation after complaints from Triveni rural municipality and local mining victims. He said that during the observation, there were many problems due to the fact that the company did not agree with the locals during the quarrying of limestone.

'The industry was operating in the midst of human settlements. Due to the industry, not only the smoke and dust in the local residents,  The loud noise has caused grief," Minister Bhandari said, "Human settlements are at risk. nearby  Schools and students have been negatively affected. What was found during the observation is that either the industry closes down or the settlement has to be moved elsewhere.' He also said that within 2 weeks, the technician assigned by the ministry will be decided by the monitoring team. He said that a monitoring team has been formed under the leadership of Jitendra Basnet, Head of the Industrial Promotion Division of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. He said that the team will also monitor the recent price increase by the cement industry.