Kathmandu, February 20: The chemical fertilizer brought from China has been stored in the Tatopani customs warehouse for ten months. 735,000 sacks of chemical fertilizers brought by 111 containers throughout the month of Baisakh have been stored in warehouses inside the Larcha dry port yard.
Dayanand KC, head of the Tatopani Customs Office, said that despite the agreement between the agricultural material company and the importer, it was difficult to load and unload other goods as the fertilizer could not be lifted from the warehouse. In particular, there is a situation where other materials that have arrived at the Tatopani dry port should be kept inside the customs office for inspection. He informed that since the revenue from chemical fertilizers is not collected, the Agricultural Material Company Limited has taken it from the Chinese city and brought it directly to the capital.
Silk Market Pvt Ltd, under the Silk Company, which has been operating for five years at the Tatopani Pass, which was opened after the earthquake and Corona, has imported fertilizer from China. Silk Market Pvt Ltd has a contract to import chemical fertilizers from Agricultural Materials Company Limited of the Government of Nepal. The contract was signed in the financial year 079-80
According to the agreement, Silk Market could not bring the chemical fertilizer on time. Ramesh Sherpa of Silk Market said that after the fertilizer that was supposed to be brought last year was imported only in May this year, the agricultural material company refused to take the fertilizer. Sherpa said that he is talking with Agricultural Materials Company Limited and after the process is completed, the fertilizer will be taken to Kathmandu. Farmers who grow winter crops are in trouble when fertilizer is stored at customs.
People’s News Monitoring Service.
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