Kathmandu Metropolitan City has said that there will be no problem in waste management this year as in previous years due to the rains.
With the onset of rainy season, in the past years, citizens had to face a lot of problems due to lack of waste management for a long time.
This year, the metropolis has said that with the onset of the rainy season, it will be easy as the problems of waste management in previous years have been solved. According to Sarita Rai, the head of the Environment Management Department, the road from the three piples, which had been a frequent problem in the past years, to the last waste management site, Bancharedanda, has been repaired, so it will be easier for waste management.
She said, 'Even in Sisdol, a place where garbage was managed in the past, the past garbage has been covered with (capping) soil and the road has also been repaired, so the citizens do not have to suffer because of the garbage itself.' According to Rai, there are landslides in some places from Three Pipley to Sisdol, because walls have been built in those places, even if it rains regularly, there is no problem.
Out of the total 32 wards of the metropolis, except for the inner nine wards, waste management is being done in collaboration with private companies. Every day, 1,600 metric tons of waste from the valley is being managed in Bancharedanda. Out of the 18 local levels of Kathmandu Valley, the maximum amount of 500 metric tons has been collected in Bancharedanda of the metropolis. It is managed by the private sector and at least 200 vehicles are used to transport the garbage every day.
In the beginning, through Gokarna, Sisdol, now the final waste management is being done in Bancharedanda. According to the Garbage Management Act issued by the government in 2068 and the Environment and Natural Resources Protection Act issued by the metropolis in 2077, there is a legal provision that the producer is responsible for separating the waste at the source for urban sanitation and hygiene.
According to this, producers should keep organic and inorganic waste in separate containers in the kitchen. Lately, the metropolis has been working on classification of waste by determining 32 wards into six zones in order to reduce waste in Bancharedanda.
