{"id":2119,"date":"2023-02-05T14:19:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T08:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2024-01-30T18:01:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T12:16:38","slug":"mahabir-pun-authorised-to-revive-krishi-aujar-karkhana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/?p=2119","title":{"rendered":"Mahabir Pun authorised to revive Krishi Aujar Karkhana"},"content":{"rendered":"

The<\/span> National<\/span> Innovation<\/span> Centre<\/span> (<\/span>N<\/span>IC<\/span>),<\/span> led<\/span> by<\/span> Mah<\/span>ab<\/span>ir<\/span> Pun<\/span>,<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> authorised<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> to<\/span> revive<\/span> Kr<\/span>ishi<\/span> Au<\/span>jar<\/span> K<\/span>ark<\/span>h<\/span>ana<\/span>,<\/span> a<\/span> government<\/span>–<\/span>owned<\/span> agricultural<\/span> tool<\/span> factory<\/span>.<\/span> The<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Finance<\/span> signed<\/span> an<\/span> agreement<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> NIC<\/span> on<\/span> September<\/span> 27<\/span>,<\/span> which<\/span> will<\/span> give<\/span> the<\/span> centre<\/span> responsibility<\/span> to<\/span> operate<\/span> the<\/span> facility<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> next<\/span> ten<\/span> years<\/span>.<\/span> K<\/span>r<\/span>ishi<\/span> Au<\/span>jar<\/span> K<\/span>ark<\/span>h<\/span>ana<\/span> is<\/span> arguably<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> and<\/span> only<\/span> agricultural<\/span> tool<\/span> factory<\/span> in<\/span> Nepal<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> in<\/span>operative<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> past<\/span> two<\/span> decades<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> factory<\/span> was<\/span> established<\/span> in<\/span> Bir<\/span>gun<\/span>j<\/span> on<\/span> February<\/span> 28<\/span>,<\/span> 1967<\/span>,<\/span> with<\/span> assistance<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Soviet<\/span> Union<\/span>,<\/span> and<\/span> was<\/span> inaug<\/span>urated<\/span> by<\/span> King<\/span> Ma<\/span>hend<\/span>ra<\/span> on<\/span> June<\/span> 8<\/span>,<\/span> 1966<\/span>.<\/span> It<\/span> extends<\/span> across<\/span> 3<\/span>.<\/span>39<\/span> hectares<\/span> of<\/span> land<\/span> and<\/span> includes<\/span> a<\/span> show<\/span>room<\/span> building<\/span>,<\/span> a<\/span> security<\/span> building<\/span>,<\/span> a<\/span> workshop<\/span> for<\/span> water<\/span> pump<\/span> manufacturing<\/span>,<\/span> administrative<\/span> quarters<\/span>,<\/span> a<\/span> guest<\/span> house<\/span>,<\/span> and<\/span> quarters<\/span> for<\/span> high<\/span>–<\/span>level<\/span> staff<\/span>.<\/span> The<\/span> factory<\/span> was<\/span> initially<\/span> successful<\/span>,<\/span> producing<\/span> hand<\/span> sick<\/span>les<\/span>,<\/span> h<\/span>oes<\/span>,<\/span> sp<\/span>ades<\/span>,<\/span> th<\/span>res<\/span>hers<\/span>,<\/span> pump<\/span> sets<\/span>,<\/span> pl<\/span>ough<\/span>s<\/span>,<\/span> till<\/span>ers<\/span>,<\/span> th<\/span>res<\/span>hers<\/span>,<\/span> pump<\/span> sets<\/span>,<\/span> steel<\/span> trailers<\/span>,<\/span> garbage<\/span> containers<\/span>,<\/span> electric<\/span> poles<\/span>,<\/span> suspension<\/span> bridges<\/span>,<\/span> drinking<\/span> water<\/span> and<\/span> sewage<\/span> management<\/span> tools<\/span>.<\/span> Government<\/span> organizations<\/span> like<\/span> Nepal<\/span> Air<\/span>line<\/span> Corporation<\/span>,<\/span> Nepal<\/span> Telecom<\/span>,<\/span> Nepal<\/span> Electricity<\/span> Authority<\/span>,<\/span> Dairy<\/span> Development<\/span> Corporation<\/span> etc<\/span>.<\/span> also<\/span> bought<\/span> their<\/span> necessary<\/span> equipment<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> factory<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

However<\/span>,<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span>‘s<\/span> lack<\/span> of<\/span> introducing<\/span> the<\/span> right<\/span> policies<\/span> to<\/span> support<\/span> the<\/span> factory<\/span>,<\/span> combined<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> smuggling<\/span> of<\/span> tools<\/span> from<\/span> India<\/span>,<\/span> caused<\/span> the<\/span> factory<\/span> to<\/span> operate<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> loss<\/span>.<\/span> It<\/span> was<\/span> subsequently<\/span> privat<\/span>ised<\/span> in<\/span> 1997<\/span>,<\/span> with<\/span> 65<\/span>%<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> shares<\/span> sold<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> private<\/span> sector<\/span>.<\/span> This<\/span> only<\/span> resulted<\/span> in<\/span> more<\/span> difficulties<\/span>,<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> operators<\/span> were<\/span> unable<\/span> to<\/span> pay<\/span> salaries<\/span> or<\/span> allowances<\/span> to<\/span> their<\/span> employees<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> facility<\/span> was<\/span> eventually<\/span> closed<\/span> down<\/span>.<\/span> On<\/span> November<\/span> 14<\/span>,<\/span> 2001<\/span>,<\/span> the<\/span> Nep<\/span>ales<\/span>e<\/span> government<\/span> decided<\/span> to<\/span> operate<\/span> the<\/span> factory<\/span> again<\/span>,<\/span> yet<\/span> the<\/span> necessary<\/span> capital<\/span> was<\/span> not<\/span> released<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> Ministry<\/span> on<\/span> time<\/span>.<\/span> Finally<\/span>,<\/span> a<\/span> cabinet<\/span> meeting<\/span> on<\/span> March<\/span> 18<\/span>,<\/span> 2003<\/span>,<\/span> decided<\/span> the<\/span> factory<\/span> should<\/span> be<\/span> shut<\/span> down<\/span> once<\/span> more<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> National<\/span> Innovation<\/span> Centre<\/span> team<\/span> of<\/span> technicians<\/span> visited<\/span> the<\/span> site<\/span> and<\/span> discovered<\/span> 43<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> 54<\/span> machines<\/span> could<\/span> still<\/span> be<\/span> operated<\/span>.<\/span> The<\/span> team<\/span> also<\/span> began<\/span> to<\/span> clean<\/span> the<\/span> factory<\/span> and<\/span> prepare<\/span> the<\/span> material<\/span>.<\/span> Mah<\/span>ab<\/span>ir<\/span> Pun<\/span>,<\/span> the<\/span> NIC<\/span> chairman<\/span>,<\/span> has<\/span> announced<\/span> plans<\/span> to<\/span> mordenize<\/span> the<\/span> factory<\/span>.<\/span> He<\/span> explained<\/span> that<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> machinery<\/span> being<\/span> sixty<\/span> years<\/span> old<\/span>,<\/span> some<\/span> of<\/span> it<\/span> needs<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> upgraded<\/span>,<\/span> while<\/span> some<\/span> is<\/span> still<\/span> usable<\/span>.<\/span> The<\/span> centre<\/span> plans<\/span> to<\/span> produce<\/span> 10<\/span>–<\/span>15<\/span> new<\/span> agricultural<\/span> tools<\/span> within<\/span> a<\/span> year<\/span> of<\/span> res<\/span>umption<\/span>,<\/span> and<\/span> to<\/span> bring<\/span> the<\/span> factory<\/span> back<\/span> to<\/span> its<\/span> full<\/span> capacity<\/span> within<\/span> two<\/span> or<\/span> three<\/span> years<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Innovation Centre (NIC), led by Mahabir Pun, has been authorised by the government to revive Krishi Aujar Karkhana,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[152,117],"tags":[159,166],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2121,"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions\/2121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivenepali.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}