The Rapti River flows through Chitwan National Park. Rare animals including gharials and crocodiles live in the Rapti. During the winter, birds from Siberia come here in search of food.
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The Rapti River was cleaned on Monday from its source near Bhainse in Makawanpur to its end point in Chitwan, Bharatpur Metropolitan City-28, Meghauli Golaghat.
The Rapti River Coastal Area Cleanup Campaign has been celebrating Rapti River Day on Mangsir 1 for three years. Campaign coordinator Apil Ghimire said that a large-scale cleanup program has been organized in reference to the same day.
Ghimire informed that government, non-government and local body groups have been involved in cleaning the river in three places in Makawanpur and 13 places in Chitwan on the call of the campaign. 'We have been in the campaign for 11 years. We started celebrating River Day three years ago. So far, 27,000 volunteers have joined this campaign. We have managed thousands of tons of waste,' said coordinator Ghimire.
The Rapti River flows through the Chitwan National Park. Rare animals including gharials and crocodiles live in the Rapti. Birds from Siberia come here in winter to find food. 'We are engaged in a social campaign to keep this river free from pollution. This is not just today but a continuous campaign,' said Ghimire.
Ghimire complained that despite the comparatively less garbage, plastic is still abundant and that the local level is not able to eliminate problems such as dumping garbage. Ghimire demanded that Bagmati Provincial Assembly member and former provincial forest minister Krishna Silwal, who had reached Patihani to clean the river, bring a river policy and protect it.
Former minister Silwal said that the government and the community should fulfill the responsibility of protecting river civilization together. Bishnu Prasad Acharya, head of the Division Forest Office in Bharatpur, believed that protecting the river would also save human lives. Visuram Kunwar, head of the Environment Division of Bharatpur Metropolitan City, said that the metropolis has focused on controlling river pollution, but the goal will not be achieved without everyone's readiness.
