Sanitation
KMC plans for its own waste management service
KATHMANDU, JUN 15 - Kathmandu Metropolitan City is planning to launch its own waste management service in the capital, a job carried out by private firms until now. By operating its own waste management service, KMC expects to control haphazard fees levied by private firms for garbage collection, and provide better service.
Read more: KMC plans for its own waste management serviceExhibition on rooftop gardening
KATHMANDU, JUN 07 - Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) on Saturday organised an exhibition on rooftop gardening, one of its acclaimed campaigns, in order to promote household greenery. The exhibition hosted stalls from people, who have cultivated vegetables on their rooftop, and other experts in the field.
Read more: Exhibition on rooftop gardeningIndian Gang Rape Case Highlights Lack of Toilets LUCKNOW, India June 3, 2014 (AP)
The two teenage girl cousins had walked out together at night, as they did every night, into the wild bamboo fields 10 or 15 minutes from their mud-and-straw huts to relieve themselves. Like millions of families across India, they had no toilet at home.
Read more: Indian Gang Rape Case Highlights Lack of Toilets LUCKNOW, India June 3, 2014 (AP)Public concerns to save environment ‘missing’
KATHMANDU, JUN 05 - Though several studies point out that people in Kathmandu valley are compelled to live in a much polluted environment, effective measures have not been initiated to root out the malaise.
Read more: Public concerns to save environment ‘missing’KMC to organize city cleanup campaign on Sithi Nakha
KATHMANDU, June 2: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) office is all set to organize a grand cleanup campaign in all 35 wards of Kathmandu on Wednesday, to mark the Sithi Nakha, a festival of Newar community.
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