KATHMANDU, JAN 28 - It seems that end to garbage obstruction is in far sight as the agitating employees of local bodies have said they will not give up their protests.

Their stance comes even after the formation of a committee by the Cabinet to look into their demands. The government on Wednesday constituted a committee under the coordination of State Minister for Local Development Ganesh Bahadur Khadka.

“We don’t want a committee. We want decision,” said Hari Kumar Shrestha, chairman of Local Bodies Employees’ Association Nepal. Striking employees, he said, are set to launch fresh protests from Thursday.

With the agitation, all services rendered by local bodies, including garbage disposal, have remained disrupted for the seventh consecutive day on Wednesday. Services like issuing citizenship, passports and birth, marriage and death certificates as well as doling out social security allowances have come to a stand still. 

The prolonged strike has turned major cities across the country into dumping sites.

Meanwhile, garbage has been partially collected from the streets of Kathmandu. “A private organisation collected 13 trucks of garbage on Wednesday,” said Rabinman Shreshtha, Chief of Environment Department of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. He however said that the smooth collection of trash is yet to start as employees are on strike.

On Dec. 27, an agreement was reached between the government and employees of local bodies to address the latter’s demands within 21 days.

But, they announced the third phase of protest last week after the government failed to meet the demands within the deadline.

 

Posted on: 2010-01-28 02:06

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