Brick businesses operating in areas of Madhes Territory, counting Sarlahi, have been educating to stop baking bricks in the fire until mid-January 2025.

Sanjiv Dwivedi, chief of the Cottage and Little Businesses Office, Sarlahi, said that a letter has been gotten from the Service of Industry, Commerce and Tourism inquiring them to stop preparing bricks until mid-January 2025.

The letter kept up that bricks ought to be prepared as it were after mid-January of each year to control contamination from the brick industry and to take into account the wellbeing of workers.

The brick industry begins laying bricks in a rush and amid the winter season, the bricks are prepared putting them in heater. 

After the government inquired to stop baking bricks instantly, the brick businesses were in problem.

Around 13 businesses in Sarlahi have already begun heating bricks. An assembly was held on Thursday between the brick businesses of the locale, security authorities and other partners to examine the issue.

The assembly chosen to permit the kilns that have as of now begun preparing bricks to work, whereas others will begin the prepare as it were after mid-January, said Hom Prasad Ghimire, Assistant Chief District Officer of Sarlahi. 

Over 60 brick ovens in Sarlahi are creating bricks this year. The businesses are right now planning raw clay and utilizing specialists to lay bricks. 

If the brick businesses are not permitted to heat the bricks in fire, there is a fear that the raw bricks being arranged presently will get crushed if it rains, said Bhagwan Mainali, secretary at the Brick Industry Businesspeople Affiliation, Sarlahi.

Mainali said that they were prepared to comply with the government's choice. 

He complained that the choice to permit the brick businesses that have as of now begun preparing bricks to work and keep the businesses that have not begun preparing bricks closed would be out of line.

source: risingnepaldaily