Hetauda, Oct. 22 -- In accordance with the constitutional provision of establishing at least one industrial area in each province, the central government plans to establish a new industrial area at Mayurdhap in Hetauda Sub Metropolis, Province 3. However, the site for the proposed industrial area falls at a buffer zone of Parsa National Park.

In light of this claim, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report of the new industrial area has been gathering dust at the Ministry of Forest for the last six months.

The Parsa National Park has notified the Ministry of Forest not to pass the EIA report citing the proposed industrial area falls at the park's buffer zone, where no infrastructure is allowed to be built without permission from...