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Transportation charge of clinker goes up

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January 30: The cement industries of Bara and Parsa have been compelled to import raw materials from a new station, which is 125 kilometers away from the earlier station, after the Indian Railways stopped unloading clinker at Raxaul station just across the border from December 22.

The cement industries have started importing clinker from Narayanpur station which is near to Muzaffarpur, India.

Anil Kumar Agrawal, vice president of Birgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industries (BCCI) and managing director of Shree Cement, blamed the government for being failing to solve the problems of the cement industries.

According to him, 13 cement industries of Bara and Parsa are compelled to bring clinker at higher prices. Earlier, unloading clinker at Raxaul railway yard used to cost Rs 1,500 per metric tonne which now costs Rs 3,500.

“We have to run our industry at any cost,” said Agrawal, adding, “We are getting raw materials by paying higher rate.”

The Indian Railways prohibited unloading clinker at Raxaul following protests from the locals who claimed that the clinker had caused pollution. The locals of Raxaul even resorted to blocking the border check point.

A local court directed the railway authorities to shift the clinker unloading spot to some other place.

Nepal’s cement industries also blamed the local clinker producers of hiking the price in their own interests. According to a cement manufacturer, the cost of clinker has reached Rs 4,000 per metric ton. He mentioned that this has created problems for the cement industries in pricing.           

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