28, Sanday February 2010
Kathmandu: Acting Chief Executive Officer of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Ganesh Rai, who has recently visited Japan, said that KMC has bagged an award for being the best city in Asia for managing garbage. "We (KMC) have been awarded for the best garbage management," said Rai addressing a press conference on February 16, claiming that his visit to Japan was fruitful.
Kitakyushu city of Japan has given a letter of appreciation to the KMC that dumped garbage on the riverbanks time and again against the verdict of Supreme Court and faced obstruction in garbage disposal for 60 times in the last four years. Gyanendra Karki, a participating official of the visit told that the Kitakyushu city gave away letter of appreciation to the representatives of nine cities including KMC. Both Karki and Rai visited Japan to participate in the ‘Mayor Conference’ held in Kitakyushu city. Rai told that mayor of Kitakyushu city expressed commitment to provide support in managing garbage of the Kathmandu city.
(Source: Kantipur; Nepal Samacharpatra, February 17, 2010)
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