KATHMANDU, April 2: Mayor Balendra Shah met with Urban Development Minister Dhan Bahadur Budha to discuss waste management in Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) and cooperation regarding the Bancharedanda landfill site in Nuwakot.
KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Residents of the Bancharedanda Landfill Site, who had previously announced plans to stop garbage trucks starting from September 18, have decided to postpone the action until October 7.
With the monsoon reaching its peak in Kathmandu valley increasing the risk of transmission of water-borne diseases, the problem of managing Kathmandu valley’s waste at Bancharedanda sanitary landfill site has surfaced yet again as in the previous years due to the obstruction of locals residing in the area.