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Damak Industrial Park

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Nepal’s Damak Industrial Park, which was under China’s BRI, now facing local agitation

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Feb 13, 2023, at 05:14 pm

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Jhapa: China has stalled the construction of Damak Industrial Park in Jhapa for a long period of time now.

The then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, to appease China laid the foundation stone for the construction of the park in February 2021, reports epardafas.

The construction of this park, which was laid with great fanfare and pomp by promising to improve the economic condition of the country, provide employment for one lakh people, and to bring about a revolution in the industrial sector has been stalled for a long time, reports the news portal.

About 10 years have passed since the decision to build the park, eight years have passed since the acquisition of land and two years have passed since the foundation stone was laid but no progress has been made so far.

Locals have also expressed dissatisfaction over the land acquisition and the agreement after the construction of the park.

This plan, which is said to be under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project, is sure to cause a large number of local uprisings in Damak and other municipalities of Jhapa, reports the news portal.

Locals have been protesting since the beginning that the compensation for the land provided by them for the industrial park was low. On the other hand, with this project of taking the Chinese influence closer to the Indian border, there is a maximum chance for India to be irritated.

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