Bhrikuti Pulp and Paper ( ne, भृकुटी पल्प एण्ड पेपर लिमिटेड; officially known as Bhrikuti Paper and Pulp Nepal (BPPN) Ltd) was a

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and

paper mill A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients. Prior to the invention and adoption of the Fourdrinier machine and other types of paper machine that use an endless belt, ...

located in

Gaindakot Gaindakot (, ; sometimes spelled Gaidakot) is a municipality in Nawalpur District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. It became a municipality in May 2014 by merging the existing Mukundapur, Amarapuri, and Gaindakot VDCs. It was again expand ...

, Nepal.

History

Bhrikuti Pulp and Paper was established in 1985 under the Companies Act 2021 (

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) with support from the

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. It was based in

Nawalparasi District Nawalparasi District ( ne, नवलपरासी जिल्ला, ), part of which belongs to Gandaki Province and part to Lumbini Province, was one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal before being divided into Nawalparasi (West of Ba ...

(now part of

Nawalpur District Nawalpur (, ne, नवलपुर, ) or (Nawalparasi east of Bardaghat Susta) is a district located in Gandaki Province of Nepal. It is 1 out of 11 districts of Gandaki Province. The headquarter of the district is Kawasoti. Formally Nawalpur D ...

). Bhrikuti Pulp and Paper was the first paper company in Nepal. In 1992, Bhrikuti Pulp and Paper was privatised and since then it had been owned by Golcha Organization. Their major paper buyers were Saja Prakashan, Janak Shiksha Samagri Kendra, and

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. In 2008, workers staged a protest due to "the factory administration had not granted the hiked salary that the government had earmarked for workers". The workers accused the company of ignoring their requests and stopped working until the matter was resolved. In 2011, Bhrikuti Pulp and Paper was closed permanently.

References

{{Reflist Pulp and paper companies of Nepal Defunct pulp and paper companies 1985 establishments in Nepal 2011 disestablishments in Nepal Buildings and structures in Nawalpur District