Due to the closure of Hetaunda cement industry for a long time, the economic crisis is deepening. Because of this, cement production is in confusion.

The industry management had stopped the cement production from last October 15, saying that there is a need to repair various equipment of the industry. Although they said that they will start production from the first week of last December after repairing the equipment, the industry administration said that they could not start the production because the repair work of the equipment has not been completed. 

"Equipment repair is one part of not being able to start production, but that is not the only reason why production has stopped", Hareram Acharya, head of administration and spokesman of Hetaunda Cement Industry, said, "As financial problems are increasing, confusion has increased as to when to start production."  

'Now the production is stopped, but the regular expenses are the same', Acharya, the head of administration of Hetaunda Cement Industry said, 'Even though the production of the industry is stopped, the salary and allowances of the employees have to be paid, some fuel expenses and similar maintenance expenses are still being incurred. Because of this, the financial problems in the industry will continue to increase.' 

According to him, there is a problem of the raw materials required by the industry for the immediate operation of the industry. "If the industry operates daily, at least 120 tons of raw material coal will be required daily," he said, "but even that is not available and there is no possibility of immediate coal supply as the old payment for coal has not been made." The industry was established in the year 2033 at Lamsure of Hetaunda and started producing cement from the year 2043. The technician says that now the equipment is old and not in a condition to produce properly. 

"The equipment is old and damaged, in such a situation we are not able to produce cement relatively," Kameshwar Mandal, the technical head of the industry said, "That's why we are now repairing the old equipment, mechanics are taking it, a lot of work has been completed and a little is left, we can repair it soon. Then we can produce cement," he said.