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Inauguration of community toilet at Maheshwori Sibhir, Bhaktapur-8.

Inauguration of Rainwater Harvesting System at Liwali Ganesh Bhaktapur Puna Isthapana Kendra, Bhaktapur.

Women Power- Community take ownership building their water tank to harvest the rainwater in Liwali

Students of RAIN CLUB in Vishwo Niketan Public School in Kathmandu being addressed by Ms. Tripti Rai, Country Director, WaterAid Nepal on the occasion of World Toilet Day event

Inauguration of Rainwater Harvesting(RWH) System at Viswa Niketan Secondary School by Bhim Prasad Upadhaya, Secretary, Ministry of Water Supply and Sanitation.

Kathmandu metropolis starts waste segregation in three wards

The initiative will be launched in Wards 12, 18 and 21, officials say.

A pedestrian walks past a garbage heap in Anamnagar, Kathmandu.  

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has launched a new initiative for collecting segregated garbage from the houses in core city areas. The environment division of the city office on Sunday said it started a campaign from its Ward No 18 office in Naradevi with an awareness rally.

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Acute shortage of water drives locals to engage in a lucky draw for their turn at the only community tap

The incomplete state of drinking water projects in Parbat has affected more than 10 other settlements.

 

Villagers of Hanumandanda have been reeling under water scarcity for the last 40 years.

Every last Saturday of the month, villagers of Hanumandanda in Parbat district hold an assembly to take part in a lucky draw to decide their turn and the time to collect water from the community tap. The lucky draw is held around the year, and the representatives from some 40-odd households in the village participate in it. This novel idea was born out of a decades-long water crisis in the area.

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Improper disposal of medical waste is putting garbage collectors—and the public—at risk

Despite governmental regulations, a number of hospitals and clinics are not segregating their waste properly, leaving needles and body parts for general waste collectors.

Many medical institutions in Kathmandu are still failing to maintain waste disposal standards for hazardous waste due to lack of knowledge and resources, putting both workers and the environment at risk.

 

Sometime last year, a strong smell of rotting flesh started to emanate from the waste dumping area of the Bir Hospital. Workers from Metrocity Waste Management, which collects Bir Hospital’s general waste, started to sift through the garbage. Metrocity Waste Management collects non-risk general waste from hospitals, clinics, medical shops, medical laboratories and households. They soon found the source of the smell—an amputated leg. This was the second time in a year that workers had found a body part in the general waste.

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