Kathmandu : Twenty-five metric tonnes of waste was collected from the Kathmandu Valley-based rivers and the Ring Road area and managed as the Bagmati River Cleanup Mega Campaign entered the 281st week today.
The Bagmati river was cleaned at various points including the Shankhamul Dobhan area, Makalbari area of Gokarneshwor and Sundarighat area from where five metric tonnes of waste was managed.
Over 600 representatives from 28 organisations including the High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilization, the Kathmandu Metropolis, Nepalese Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force joined the cleanliness campaign, Committee board of directors member Mala Kharel said.
Attorney General Agni Prasad Kharel and Committee chair Narendra Raj Basnet were among those lending hands in cleaning the historic river.
The Rudramati river was cleaned from the Ratopul-Gaushala- Pashupati-Jaybageshwori-Sifal-Kalopul area with the participation of over 250 volunteers and one metric tonne of waste was managed.
Similarly, over 100 people including security personnel from three security bodies joined the Bishnumati river cleanup works held at its source area at Budhanilkantha municipality-5. One metric tonne of waste was collected and managed. The origin of Bishnumati area is found largely polluted and it is selected for the next week cleaning works as well, campaigner Ram Kumar Shrestha said.
Similarly, under the 77th week of the Ring Road area cleaning campaign, a section from Samakhusi Chowk to Green City Hospital was selected for the cleaning with the participation of about 350 people, programme coordinator Lok Bahadur Tandon said. Twelve metric tonnes of waste was managed on the occasion.
The Aloknagar area, Balkumari, Chakrapath-Bafal section and Bafal-Sitapaila section area were also cleaned by removing waste.
The Bagmati River Mega Campaign that was started on 19th May, 2013 aims to restore the beauty of the this historic river and having influenced by the campaign, various local level campaigns have been launched thereafter at over 100 places including in the Kathmandu Valley to make the city and local natural water resources clean. RSS
