report in The Himalayan Times, Apr 4, 2023
Nepal largely depends on technical human resources from foreign countries for the implementation of big projects.
According to official data, skilled human resources required for various large projects here are hired from other countries.
The Department of Labour and Occupational Safety said workforce from around 100 countries in the world are currently engaged in various projects in Nepal and the Chinese make up the highest portion.
Likewise, workers from the UK, the United States of America, South Korea, India and Japan are in a noticeable size. Since 2017, over 7,500 Chinese have taken labour permits, including 2594 renewals, for Nepal.
Similarly, 488 people are from the United Kingdom, 332 from the US, 240 from South Korea, 230 from India, 190 from Japan, 116 from Australia, 113 from Sri Lanka, 98 from Germany, 79 from France and 56 from Bangladesh are working in Nepal.
According to Department director general Krishna Prasad Gnawali, there is a more number of Chinese-funded projects in Nepal thus the high number of Chinese workers in the country than those from other countries.
Foreign workers are found deputed in technical posts like project engineering, tunnel and hydro-engineering, maintenance engineering and mechanical engineering, according to the Department…….
https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/ten-thousand-foreign-workers-in-nepal-highest-from-china
