Newly inaugurated Koseli Ghar aims to promote local production, skills

By Amar Raj Naharki,Tanahun, Mar. 16: To promote the local production as well as skills of locals, a Koseli Ghar (gift house) has come into operation in Damauli, Tanahun district.  

At the initiative of Federation of Cottage and Small Industry and Women Entrepreneur Committee of Tanahun, the Vayas Koseli Ghar has come into the operation. 

Chief of District Coordination Committee of Tanahun Santiraman Wagle inaugurated the gift house on Monday. 

Speaking at the inauguration programme, Wagle said that with the opening of the Koseli Ghar, it would be easy for the domestic and foreign tourists to buy goods as gifts to their families back home. 

Koseli Ghar will build its unique identity by selling only quality products from here, he said. 

Baikuntha Neupane, chief of Vayas Municipality, said that Koseli Ghar would support to market the local production, build entrepreneurship skill of women, bring economic dynamism and give identity to the city.    

He further said that the municipality has earmarked a budget of Rs. 500,000 to purchase goods for the house.  

Hom Bahadur Thapa, chairperson of Ghiring Rural Municipality, Kul Prasad Tiwari, chief of Agriculture Knowledge Center of Tanahaun, Abinash Kunwar, chief of Tourism and Industry Office, Surya Bahadur Kandel, senior vice-president of Federation of Cottage and Small Industry and others stressed that the local government has to provide a subsidy for marketing local production. 

The Koseli Ghar has been opened with the objective to promoting products of cottage and small industries of the remote areas, as they are unable to reach the market, said Kalpana Gouli, committee chair. 

Both buyers and manufactures will benefit as local productions could reach the consumers directly from the Koseli Ghar and it will not need middlemen, it was informed at the inaugural programme. 

The concept of Koseli Ghar was introduced to make it easy for the markets to sell locally produced goods, as well as promote tourism, said the committee.

Locally produced handmade things like bag, cap, sweeter, shawl and other items are on sale at the house.

The shop was decorated at the cost of Rs. 500,000 funded by the Ministry of Women Children and Senior Citizens. 

The materials of the Koseli Ghar are cheaper and of higher quality compared with the ones found in other places, said Basundhara Gharti, a member of the committee.