First standard lab outside Kathmandu inaguarates

January 30, 2002
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January 30, 2002

Butwal: Minister for Industry Commerce and Supplies Purna Bahadur Khadka inaugurated the standard laboratory established in Bhairahawa with the joint cooperation of the Department of Nepal Standards and Metrology and the Siddharthanagar Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

The laboratory established with modern equipments is the first of its kind outside Kathmandu Valley and has a capacity to identify the standard of food through analysis of chemical substances.

There is a plan to promote it as an alternative to the central laboratory and has various 11 equipments including spectro meter, refrectro meter, ph meter, hot plate and electric balance established through the cooperation of the Siddharthanagar Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a HMG grant of Rs. 3,000,000.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister Khadka called on the entrepreneurs to utilise the lawful facilities and concessions provided by the government.

He said internal terrorism has caused loss to human lives, industry and tourism, leading to a crisis and called on all to be thoughtful how to bring the country out of the shadow of terrorism.

MP and chairman of the Environment Conservation Committee of the House of Representatives Surya Prasad Pradhan said the laboratory will control adulteration in foods.

Also speaking on the occasion were president of FNCCI Rabi Bhakta Shrestha, director general of the Department of Nepal Standards and Metrology Purna Prasad Manandhar.

At the programme presided over by Siddharthanagar Chamber president Dhruba Kumar Shrestha, various other speakers including vice president of the chamber Deepak Chhetri Neupane, mayor Sagar Pratap Rana, president of Butwal Chamber Arjun Man Sainju, industrialist Nidhan Chandra Shrestha and journalist Dilip Bhattarai also expressed their views.