Iron mine reopens after 65 years

Ramechhap, Apr. 16 (RSS): The iron ore mines lying at Those Bazaar in the north-eastern part of Ramechhap district which were closed since the last 65 years have not been reopened yet.

The iron ore mines had been set up with British cooperation by bringing equipment from Kolkata during the period of the then prime minister Dev Shumshere J. B. Rana.

The iron ore from the mines used to be processed in the local market and used for making guns and Khukuris for the war as well as other equipment, according to Lalit Bahadur Karki of Those Village Development Committee (VDC).

Two suspension bridges built over Khimti River with the iron produced from the mines of Ramechhap district are still being used by the local people today.

Likewise, the oil-fed lamps in the shapes of a cock and hen are still being used by the people of the rural areas.

The equipment for the mine purchased at a cost of Rs 125,000 are being sold by His Majesty's Government at the cost price of iron. Some of the equipment is found lying scattered at Those Bazaar.

Jhoreni, Kholakharka, Bhigi, Maidane, Paheli, Singati, Lamchane, Kubu, Patle, Dagardigar, Chuchure Daduwa, Bigu, Sotre, Sanobhitri, Kapase and Biraute were famous for their iron ore, according to elderly persons of the district.

Those Bazaar which remained deserted after the closure of the iron ore mines has started to expand these days after a fair weather road was built from Jiri of Dolakha to Those Bazaar of Ramechhap district and the travellers going to Namche Bazaar pass through this Bazaar.

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