BARA, March 4 -- The condition of the factories operating in the country's largest and oldest Birgunj-Pathlaiya Industrial Corridor has become deplorable.

Industrialists have stated that the consumption of the goods manufactured in the corridor has been decreasing day by day, making it difficult for the factories to even meet the daily expenses. There are around 1,800 small and big industries in the Birgunj-Pathlaiya Industrial Corridor.

"The condition of the industries is worsening day by day instead of improving," said Ashok Kumar Baidya, the owner of Shalimar Cement operating in Simara and former president of Birgunj Chamber of Commerce & Industries (BiCCI), "If this situation remains, many factories will be forced to close."

Baidya...