Garbage piles up in Kathmandu yet again

Garbage has been piling up on Kathmandu’s streets for two months, making it difficult for residents to move around.

The garbage is amassed in the densely populated areas of Kathmandu, including Anamnagar, Kalanki, Kalimati, Balkhu, and other places.

Citing maintenance of the roads leading to the landfill site, Kathmandu Metropolitan City has not collected garbage for the past two months.

The KMC issued a public notice on July 20 asking residents not to throw garbage outside their homes for a week due to road maintenance work.     

Meanwhile, the residents of Bancharedanda have warned of stopping waste management in their neighborhood from the 17th of August, citing the failure of the KMC to fulfill the agreements reached with them.  

The KMC dwellers produce 500 metric tons of garbage every day and about 75 percent of the waste emitted from the valley is managed at Sisdole and Bancharedanda.

Commenting on the matter, Environmentalist Bhushan Tuladhar says that instead of blaming the KMC or people at the landfill site, every person should contribute to managing garbage starting from their kitchen. "Through the implementation of proper policies and planning, the city's waste can be managed sustainably and it should start from the kitchen ", said Tuladhar.