It has been weeks since the waste collection was last met in the valley, and now locals are facing numbers of problems all thanks to it.

“It is awful to walk around the repugnant smell. I see garbage everywhere, it feels like I lived amidst a pile of waste. Not only did it ruin my mood and appetite, it disgusted me to a level that some days I could not leave my home,” says a resident of Kathmandu metropolis, Mimamsha Dhungel.

It is evident that the residents of Kathmandu, are left in a state of discomfort by the huge amounts of garbage abandoned for days in the streets. There is a serious and urgent need to shift towards sustainable waste management solutions in Kathmandu.