An industrial village is to be established at Bageshwori of Changunarayan municipality-7, Bhaktapur.

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Land and Administration of Bagmati Province has taken the initiative to establish the cultural industrial village spanning an area of approximately 63 ropanis (one ropani is equivalent to 5476 sq. ft).

According to Changunarayan municipality mayor, Jeevan Khatri, the process of acquiring the land in Gurungtar was decided a year ago and the province government recently endorsed the proposal to this regard.

The proposal to undertake the construction of cultural industrial village was presented to the province government following discussions among all bodies concerned including the ward offices, the municipality, land reform office, revenue office, the District Administration Office and the Bhaktapur Chamber of Commerce of Industry.

With the endorsement of the proposal, the construction of the village will be commenced, he said.

Bagmati Province Minister for Industry, Commerce, Land and Administration, Ram Krishna Chitrakar said with the endorsement local government's proposal to allocate land for establishing the industrial village, works have begun to prepare the detailed project report.