Locals threaten KMC with disruption in dumping of garbage in Banchare Danda landfill site if demands not met within 15 days
KATHMANDU, April 20: Two local governments have warned that if the agreement reached with the people of Banchare Danda is not implemented, they will not allow the dumping of Kathmandu’s garbage in the Banchare Danda landfill site after 15 days.
KATHMANDU – Garbage of Kathmandu Metropolitan City will be picked up and taken to the landfill site in Bancharedanda within two days. The garbage in the Kathmandu Valley will be removed, the Metropolitan Corporation said. KMC Mayor Balen Shah and the residents of Bancheredada have reached a “conditional agreement” on the issue of garbage disposal. […]
KATHMANDU: Kathmandu’s garbage has been dumped at the landfill site at Bancharedanda in Nuwakot district despite the obstruction of the locals. Security in the area has been tightened. The government has mobilized Armed Police Force (APF) personnel in the Bancharedanda area to ensure smooth transportation of the garbage. Police have arrested a person who tried […]
KATHMANDU, August 16: The locals of Banchare Danda again stopped the vehicles carrying garbage from the Kathmandu Valley to the landfill site early this morning. Garbage trucks have reached Sisdol. Naveen Manandhar, spokesperson for the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), said that police will be mobilized from Nuwakot today as well to dispose of the garbage.
Garbage collection has been halted in Kathmandu Valley for more than a week now, creating heaps of garbage on the streets of the city and foul smell in the air.
Major streets of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) and Lalitpur are now littered with piles of garbage dumped by households, shops, hotels, businesses and offices.
Locals along the Pasang Lhamu Highway, the road leading to Sisdole landfill site, have been obstructing garbage disposal for the last one week, putting forth demand to upgrade the highway.
It’s been more than a week since the door-to-door garbage collection facility of the valley remains obstructed in the areas like Patan, Bhaisipati, Kalimati, Baneshwor, Lazimpat, Gaushala, Kamapokhari, Ratopul, among others.
Kathmandu Valley’s only landfill site Sisdole has reached its maximum capacity. All photos: AMIT MACHAMASI epal’s capital stank for more than a fortnight before Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) decided to resume garbage collection this week with the Department of Roads agreeing to repair the route to the Sisdole landfill site, 30km away. Kathmandu’s only landfill Sisdole […]
Kathmandu, May 3 . The Kathmandu metropolitan city (KMC) has identified a new landfill site to dispose of garbage generated in Kathmandu valley during rainy season. Fifteen ropanis of land at ‘village one’ and ‘village two’ at Kakani rural municipality-2 will be used to dump garbage generated during rainy season when more amount of waste […]
