One more week to collect garbage in Kathmandu Valley

Kathmandu : The Kathmandu Valley people are bound to endure the reeking garbage piles at different places for one more week as it would take some days to create the first ‘cell’ in the undergoing landfill site of Bancharedanda.

Information Officer at Ministry of Urban Development, Suresh Kumar Wagle, informed that construction of the first cell of the landfill site was nearing the final stage. However, problems still exist because Sisdol must be crossed to reach the first cell. A huge mass of garbage at Sisdol must be negotiated to a new site- the first cell.

Environment department chief at Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Hari Kumar Shrestha, viewed it was a recurring problem for some years because of failure to manage a landfill site for a long-term solution.