Palpa, June 26 -- Four crusher industries operating without meeting legal standards have been fined and shut down by the Cottage and Small Industry Office, Palpa.

Following instructions from the federal government, a joint monitoring team led by the office, along with the District Administration Office, Palpa, security agencies, and concerned stakeholders, inspected crusher sites across Tansen Municipality, Rampur Municipality, Rambha Rural Municipality, Purbakhola Rural Municipality, and the Mathagadhi area.

After the field inspection, four crusher industries were fined and ordered to close, said office chief Keshav Sunar.

Rameshwari Construction Pvt. Ltd., based in Chhatrakot Rural Municipality-4 of Gulmi, which was operating a crush...