Английская Википедия:Bhadrapur Municipality

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Old Map of Bhadrapur

Map of Consolidated Bhadrapur Municipality.

Bhadrapur (Шаблон:Lang-ne) is a town and municipality in Jhapa District in the Koshi Pradesh of southeastern Nepal. It lies on the banks of the Mechi River, and shares borders with Bihar state, India on the south and West Bengal state on the north. There is a border crossing with a customs office for goods. Galgalia village in Kishanganj district borders with Bhadrapur

Bhadrapur is one of Nepal's oldest municipalities. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 18,164. Bhadrapur Airport has flights to Kathmandu. This airport is the best way to reach Kathmandu from the eastern part of Nepal and India (i.e., West Bengal, Sikkim).

Bhadrapur is one of the most multi-cultural cities in Nepal. In this city live people from all the districts from Nepal and who migrated from India, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. Different ethnic and religious backgrounds, such as Rajbanshi, Dhimal, Meche, Brahmin, Chhetri, Rai, Limbu, Sherpa, Tamang, Madbadi, Bengali, Muslim, etc., are living in Bhadrapur by maintaining a cordial relation, peace, and harmony among the people. Bhadrapur is the "tea city" of Nepal. It is a starting point for tourist attractions. A few hours' ride north takes one close to the Himalayas. There are good roads up to a height of around Шаблон:Convert.

Bhadrapur has important governmental and other important infrastructures, including a zonal hospital, airport, Mechi Multiple campuses, different schools, Mahendra park, stadium police and military headquarters, and hosts the Central District Offices.

However, due to the construction of the Mahendra Highway or East-West Highway (north of Bhadrapur), economic activities have shifted north to the junction of the highway Birtamod. This has left Bhadrapur with a receding population and crippled its once-booming economic activity.

In the last decade, Bhadrapur has slowly transformed itself into a tea hub with new plantations and tea factories being established every year. The much-awaited Mechi Bridge joining Bhadrapur to India (Galgalia) is constructed now and acts as a lifeline to the revitalization of Bhadrapur as well as the far eastern part of Nepal. There is a checkpoint at the border.

History

Bhadrapur was a very prosperous city during the early 1900s. It was renowned for its rice cultivation due to its rich fertile soil. This period saw rice mills being established. The prosperous rice business led Bhadrapur to its most prosperous period. Now, Bhadrapur has transformed into a major city of tea factories as the old rice mills are no longer operating.

Industries

Bhadrapur is home to Momento Apparels, which was one of Nepal's largest exporters of ready-made garments. The factory has been forced out of operation since 2012. In its heyday, the factory had a workforce of 2,000, and supplied ready-made garments to the US (including retail outlets such as Walmart and JCPenney) and several European countries.

Transport

Bhadrapur Airport is served by Nepal Airlines, Saurya Airlines, Shree Airlines, Yeti Airlines and Buddha Air with daily flights. Nepal Airlines flies 3 times a week, the others have daily flights. The first flight to Kathmandu is at 06:30am and the last flight is 9:00 pm.

Image gallery

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Image of Administration building of Bhadrapur Municipality

• Bridge foundation reinforcements

  Bridge foundation reinforcements

• Caisson being drained

  Caisson being drained

• Mechi Bridge under construction, 2011

  Mechi Bridge under construction, 2011

• Bhadrapur Airport

  Bhadrapur Airport

• Busy airport

  Busy airport

• Bhadrapur Bazaar

  Bhadrapur Bazaar

• Bajra Tea Garden, Bhadrapur

  Bajra Tea Garden, Bhadrapur

• Bhadrapur Bus Park

  Bhadrapur Bus Park

• Kameshwar Complex in the heart of Bhadrapur Bazaar

  Kameshwar Complex in the heart of Bhadrapur Bazaar

• Buddha Mandir

  Buddha Mandir