KMC Mayor directs private companies to manage garbage within a week

KATHMANDU: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Mayor Balendra Shah has directed the private companies involved in garbage management to manage all the uncollected waste within a week. Out of 32 wards of KMC, garbage is being managed in collaboration with private companies in all wards except nine wards. Mayor Shah asked the private companies to collect the piled-up waste and transport it to Bancharedanda within a week since they have not started collecting the garbage yet. The KMC and private sector have been collecting trash in Kathmandu Valley separating the areas. The KMC warned of taking action against the private companies for not managing the solid waste regularly. Activities to manage garbage started on Thursday after a four-point deal between Chief District Officers of Kathmandu, Dhading and Nuwakot and locals of Sisdol and Bancharedanda last week.  Garbage collection had been obstructed for the past two months. The solid waste produced in 17 other local levels including KMC is being managed at Bancharedanda. A total of 1,200 metric tonnes of garbage is produced in Kathmandu Valley every day. Of them, 500 metric tonnes of garbage are produced in KMC. READ ALSO:

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