Hetauda people happy over budget announcement to resume garments factory

KATHMANDU: MAY. 31 – The Hetauda people have been happy to hear the budget announcement that the Hetauda garments factory, closed for two decades, would be resumed.

Tabling the budget for the fiscal year, 2079/80 on Sunday, Finance Minister Janardan Sharma announced that the closed garment factory would be brought to operation again. Minister Sharma further stated that public officials should wear the clothes produced within the country.

Hetauda Industrial Estate chief Rajendra Kandel said the government’s decision to resume the sick industries is positive. He argued the factory was closed although it was not in a sorry state. Currently, there is an armed police post at the factory site.

Similarly, Prof Dr Lalit Karna from the Institute of Forestry at Hetauda observed that the budget brought on Sunday covered various sectors and importantly, it announced that the Hetauda garment factory would be brought into operation again. Resumption of this industry was a current need and the budget addressed it, he appreciated.

Prof Karna also argued that the government’s plan to resume the Hetauda garment factory had made the Hetadua people happy.