Chandragiri municipality has pledged to further support and collaborate with the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) on the solid waste management issue.
In this connection, the chiefs of two larger municipalities of the Kathmandu Valley had a mutual dialogue for the first time.
It may be noted that KMC has announced its initiative to collect bio-degradable and non-biodegradable waste under its solid waste management bid from July 17.
KMC sources shared that it is collecting bio-degradable waste on Sunday and Wednesday and non-biodegradable wastes on Monday and Friday under its campaign for 'Segregating waste at source'.
In a bid to bring the public into confidence for the campaign, the KMC has continued its doorstep visit program.
In a meeting held between Chandragiri mayor Ghanashyam Giri and KMC mayor Balendra Shah at Chandragiri municipality on Saturday, matters related to continuing collaboration in other areas including waste management were discussed.
"As waste management is a shared problem, Chandragiri municipality is ever committed to support and collaborate with KMC on its policy and initiative for the same. We have adopted a policy to manage the waste generated within the municipal territory", mayor Giri said.
Informing that the municipality has been incentivizing the private sector to transform the perishable waste into compost fertilizer, he stressed the need of integrated policy and collaboration among the municipalities in Kathmandu Valley to deal with waste management issue.
It may be noted that KMC has been providing a budget of Rs 10 million to 18 municipalities in the Kathmandu Valley each year.
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