Hetauda, November 6
Around 50 per cent of the work related to the laying of a petroleum pipeline joining India’s Raxaul with Nepal’s Amlekjgunj has been completed.
Of the 37.35km pipeline, around 19 km section has been completed so far. Project chief Bhanubhakta Khanal said that the NOC has already been granted permission by the Forest Ministry to fell trees on the pipeline route. Nepal Timber Corporation will cut such trees and the NOC will compensate the ministry for the loss.
A total of 5,888 trees inside the Parsa National Park need to be chopped to clear the way for the pipeline. Around a 10 km section of the pipelines needs to be laid inside the forest area belonging to the park.
The Indian government has invested Rs 3.2 billion and the Nepal Rs 1.2 billion in the project, which was launched in April.
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