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In Pictures: KMC grapples with waste management


Nepalnews
2021 Aug 25, 14:51, Kathmandu
People covering their noses while walking aside the waste at Tokha-9, Kathmandu on August 25, 2021. Photo: Prasan Gurung/Nepalnews

Wastes have piled up by the roadsides for over a week in Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

The KMC has been grappling with waste management as the road to the Sisdol landfill site has been obstructed due to landslide triggered by monsoon rain.

Truck carrying waste in the bank of Bishnumati River at Balaju, Kathmandu on August 25, 2021. Photo: Prasan Gurung/Nepalnews
Truck carrying waste in the bank of Bishnumati River at Balaju, Kathmandu on August 25, 2021. Photo: Prasan Gurung/Nepalnews

One of the waste management workers at Tokha Municipality-9 told NepalNews, “The small vehicles are unable to collect and dispose of waste as other vehicles have been stranded outside Kathmandu valley near landfill sites due to the obstruction of the road in Sisdol area." Due to disruption of traffic, the KMC waste management team has been disposing of the wastes on the banks of Bagmati and Bishnumati rivers citing these places as the only open space in the valley.”

Piles of wastes were found at various places in Kathmandu, on Wednesday.

Photos by Prasan Gurung/NepalNews

Waste at Uttardhoka, Lazimpat on August 25, 2021. Photo: Prasan Gurung/Nepalnews
Waste at Uttardhoka, Lazimpat on August 25, 2021. Photo: Prasan Gurung/Nepalnews
Waste collected in the bank of Bishnumati River at Tokha-9, Kathmandu on August 25, 2021. Photo: Prasan Gurung/Nepalnews
Waste collected in the bank of Bishnumati River at Tokha-9, Kathmandu on August 25, 2021. Photo: Prasan Gurung/Nepalnews
Unmanaged waste in the bank of Bishnumati River at Tokha-9, Kathmandu on August 25, 2021. Photo: Prasan Gurung/Nepalnews
Unmanaged waste in the bank of Bishnumati River at Tokha-9, Kathmandu on August 25, 2021. Photo: Prasan Gurung/Nepalnews
Old citizen with a mask walks aside from the truck with a load full of waste Tokha-9, Kathmandu on August 25, 2021. Photo: Prasan Gurung/Nepalnews
Old citizen with a mask walks aside from the truck with a load full of waste Tokha-9, Kathmandu on August 25, 2021. Photo: Prasan Gurung/Nepalnews
Waste at Buspark, Kathmandu on August 25, 2021. Photo: Prasan Gurung/Nepalnews
Waste at Buspark, Kathmandu on August 25, 2021. Photo: Prasan Gurung/Nepalnews
Unmanaged waste in the bank of Bishnumati River at Tokha-9, Kathmandu on August 25, 2021. Photo: Prasan Gurung/Nepalnews
Unmanaged waste in the bank of Bishnumati River at Tokha-9, Kathmandu on August 25, 2021. Photo: Prasan Gurung/Nepalnews

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