Chandragiri Municipality pledges to collaborate with KMC on waste management

KATHMANDU: Chandragiri Municipality has pledged to further support and collaborate with the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) on solid waste management issues. In this connection, the mayors of KMC and Chandragiri Municipality held a mutual dialogue for the first time. It may be noted that KMC has announced its initiative to collect bio-degradable and non-biodegradable waste under its solid waste management bid from July 17. KMC sources shared that it is collecting bio-degradable waste on Sundays and Wednesdays, and non-biodegradable wastes on Mondays and Fridays under its campaign for 'Segregating waste at source'. In a bid to bring the public into confidence in the campaign, the KMC has continued its doorstep visit programme. In a meeting held between Chandragiri Municipality Mayor Ghanashyam Giri and KMC Mayor Balendra Shah in Chandragiri Municipality on Saturday, matters related to continuing collaboration in other areas including waste management were discussed. "As waste management is a shared problem, Chandragiri Municipality is ever committed to supporting and collaborating with KMC on its policy and initiative for the same. We have adopted a policy to manage the waste generated within the municipal territory," Mayor Giri said. Informing that the municipality has been incentivising the private sector to transform the perishable waste into compost fertiliser, he stressed the need for integrated policy and collaboration among the municipalities in Kathmandu valley to deal with waste management issues. It may be noted that KMC has been providing a budget of Rs 10 million to 18 municipalities in the Kathmandu Valley every year. By RSS READ ALSO:

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