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Byabasayik Krishi Sahakari, (BKS) an agricultural cooperative, has recently started processing the wool collected from goats known as chyangra which dwell in the high hills in Mustang district. It is the first company to process pashmina wool.
Jyoti Prasad Adhikari, chairman of the cooperative, said they imported a Chinese machine at a cost of Rs 1.5 million and installed it at their factory in Baluwatar. The processing plant has a capacity of producing 600-700 kg of quality wool per hour.