Kathmandu. Vehicles used for waste management were vandalized last night. 2 dozers and an excavator of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, which are used for waste management at Banchare Danda Sanitary Landfill Site, and the vehicles that were parked near the dumpsters that were carrying garbage from Kathmandu and were not emptied at night, were vandalized. Head of Environment Management Department Sarita Rai says, ‘This is the initial information about the incident that happened at 9 pm.
We have written to the District Police Office Nuwakot and, Dhading to send details of the damage. When the letter comes from there, the reality becomes clear.” She informed about the latest information and said, ‘We have received information from the local police that work is being done to collect the bond.’
Among the vandalized vehicles and equipment, Dozers and excavators, which are used for capping and garbage collection, have been broken so that they cannot be used. Similarly, the windows of the parked vehicles have been broken. Regarding the incident, Engineer Sunil Lamsal, a member of the secretariat of the head of the metropolis, says, “There has been disruption in the metropolis since Balendra Sah (Balen) was elected as the chief. In the beginning, we understood that the main problem was the road and worked accordingly. For this, we have been putting pressure on the road department for regular work. Let’s arrange the budget from the metropolis.
While working in this way, what we have come to know is that there is a connection between local businesses related to waste and infrastructure construction behind the obstruction. Which cannot be asked openly. To accomplish that, obstruction in waste management has been made a weapon. Yesterday’s vandalism is a series of this.
Everything comes out in time. Let’s say this now, the protesting party wants to buy stones from their business. They want to build a fertilizer factory in that area. They want to make the washing center run in their own way. Lamsal says, ‘Our priority is leachate management. To remove the bad smell. It is to stop the spread of flies and other insects. We want to work in the system. We want to work responsibly towards the environment and public health of the affected areas. This matter has not been digested for those who think for personal gain. As vandalized vehicles and equipment are not working, waste management work has not been done today.
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