Kathmandu, Sept. 28
President of Federation of
Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) Chandra Dhakal has said
that Pathibhara Cable Car project will offer all jobs to the local people of
Taplejung district.
"This project will prove to
be a milestone in the development and prosperity of Taplejung district. Even
though the struggle committee demanded a guarantee of employment for 80 per cent
to the locals, the cable car will give 100 per cent priority to the locals in
employment," he said while speaking at a programme organised by Taplejune
Sarokar Kendra (TSK) in Kathmandu on Friday.
Stating that while the government
and the private sector are working to bring in foreign investment by spending
billions of rupees, Dhakal said that it would be wrong to create an environment
where the private sector cannot make investment within the country.
"If domestic investment is given
first priority, economic development will take place along with tourism
promotion. Construction of cable car in Pathibhara is for the promotion of
tourism and job creation in Taplejung," he said.
According to Dhakal, all the
processes for the construction of the Pathibhara cable car have been completed.
The project will be completed in 15 months.
"We are ready to provide facilities
to the local people, and are open to discuss if more facilities are needed,
especially to children and the elderly," he said.
"The country is spending a
lot to bring in foreign investment in Nepal but when the private sector wants
to develop an infrastructure project in Taplejung, it was said that the project
was being built for the personal benefit of Chandra Dhakal," he stated.
"If I had only looked at my own profit and benefit, I would have opened a
five-star hotel elsewhere. If a hotel had been built, there would not have been
so much trouble."
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 29 September 2024.
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