Kathmandu : The Ministry of Urban Development is preparing a design for the construction of a landfill site at Bancharedanda of Nuwakot in a bid to ensure permanent solution of the Kathmandu Valley garbage.
The December 3, 2018 meeting of the Council of Ministers decided to hand over the responsibility of the construction of the landfill site to the Ministry, putting a full stop to the longstanding dispute who to own up the responsibility for the construction.
According to Ministry Spokesperson Krishna Prasad Dawadi, with the Cabinet decision to give the responsibility of landfill site construction with an around 15-meter high dam, the Ministry has been working on designing the project.
Presently, waste collected from 18 levels in the Kathmandu Valley including of the Kathmandu Metropolis is being managed at Sisdole of Nuwakot. The new location chosen for the construction of a new landfill site lies in two-kilometer away from Sisdole.
The Kathmandu metropolitan city office earlier denied to take the responsibility to undertake the construction project citing that its responsibility was only to collect and manage waste in a site readied by the central government.
The Sisdole folks, who had the experience of frequent agitation against the apathy to their call for finding an alternative place to Sisdole landfill site, want the federal government to start the construction as soon as possible. It will take at least three years to complete the Bancharedanda project, the people concerned said. RSS
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