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Brick Industries Looking for Local Workers to Fill the Void

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Brick Industries Looking for Local Workers to Fill the Void
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October 9: Brick industries of Nepal are looking for local workers for production for the upcoming season.

Indian workers used to constitute a large part of the workforce in brick kilns across the country. However, most of the workers have returned home in India due to the coronavirus crisis and there is lack of workers at the moment. In order to run the brick kilns efficiently, the Federation of Nepal Brick Industries is looking for local workers in the absence of skilled Indian workers.

It is estimated that more than 70 percent of the workers in more than 1200 brick kilns of Nepal are Indian nationals. Normally, the peak season for production of bricks is during the winter. Since the production will start in massive scale after two months, the factory owners have started looking for local workers right from now, says Mahendra Bahadur Chitrakar, chairman of the federation.

“We are making preparations to recruit Nepali migrant workers who have returned from abroad. We will be coordinating with the private sector to train the workers,” said Chitrakar.

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and  Supplies has also announced to collaborate with the private sector to provide employment-oriented training to those who have lost jobs due to coronavirus.

Chitrakar says they are in talks with the ministry as well as other stakeholders like FNCCI, CNI among others to train the workers.

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