Sanitation

Govt makes septic tank mandatory for all buildings

KATHMANDU, MAY 10 - The government has made it mandatory for every household—new or old in urban areas and developing towns across the country—to construct septic tanks.

Sanitation ID card mandatory for public service

Mangalbare (Ilam), April 11: The sanitation identity card has been made mandatory in government offices to leverage efforts to declare Ilam an Open Defecation Free district.

Dye filter

Author(s): Alok Gupta

An improvised bio-sand filter helps Nepal dyers treat toxic effluents Read more: Dye filter

Will Kathmandu be buried in garbage?

Although Kathmandu’s world heritage sites are well known, few may be aware of a new archeological dig that stretches for several kilometers along the Bagmati River. Deep trenches have been dug out, creating 20ft-high hills made of dirt held together with striations of blue, pink and black polypropylene that tell the 30-year local history of the plastic bag, Nepal’s most ubiquitous landmark.

River restoration is not just an ecological act

Author(s): Aditya Batra

Despite decades of restoration efforts by a rich ensemble of state-development actors, cultural heritage votaries and rights activists, the Bagmati is nothing less than a sewage canal by the time it meets its tributaries in Kathmandu. In her book Reigning the River: Urban Ecologies and Political Transformation in Kathmandu Anne Rademacher, assistant professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University, chronicles how the river’s degradation resonates with the perceived social, cultural, religious and political disorder in the tumultuous democracy. She shares her insights with Aditya Batra Read more: River restoration is not just an ecological act