KATHMANDU:
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is all set to install separate waste
segregation bins at the Hanumandhoka Durbar Square area.
“We will place nine sets of bins at the heritage area from (next) Friday as per
the civic body’s plan to install separate bins for organic and inorganic waste
at the busiest sections of the city within the current fiscal,” said chief of
the KMC’s Environment Management Division Rabin Man Shrestha.
There are 200,000 households in the metropolis with the total population of 1.1
million. More than 450 metric tonnes of waste is daily produced from the
metropolis, according to the KMC office.
“Each container will have a capacity of 30 litres,” Shrestha said, adding that
the campaign will be gradually extended to other areas.
Two years ago, the civic body had placed about 500 trash bins of 240 litre
capacity each along the major sections of the city. However, only a single bin
was kept at different parts of the city for organic and inorganic waste. They were later
removed during the road expansion drive, according to KMC.
The civic body will also install two separate bins in those places from where
the bins were removed, said KMC officials.
KMC has allotted Rs 1.5 million for the plan to be implemented in the coming
fiscal. Despite several attempts, KMC has not succeeded in implementing the
waste segregation laws at households.
The Waste Management Act 2011 has provisioned the segregation of waste at the
source to keep the city clean, but it is yet to be effectively enforced.
It has also provisioned a fine of Rs 500 to Rs 100,000 and imprisonment of two
weeks to three months against the violators of the waste management law
Soruce: The Himalayan Times
Published Date: 2014-02-01
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