TANAHUN, DEC 24 - Residents of Vyas municipality, Damauli, have expressed concern over the unhygienic disposal of the town’s garbage at the banks of nearby Madi River by the local municipality.
The municipality dumps around four-and-a-half tons of garbage daily at the riverbank under the bridge at ward-10 of the municipality daily. This could prove detrimental to the health of the people of the ward as the population increases, according to locals.
One obvious impact of the haphazard disposal of garbage on the riverbank is on the rafting industry. Earlier, scores of tourists used the venue as the starting point for rafting. "Unfortunately, the venue has now turned into a dumping site," according to Mangal Prasad Shrestha, a local businessman.
The municipality has been disposing all sorts of garbage including non-biodegradable waste at the site.
"We are on the look out for a dumping site. As soon as we come across a suitable one, no garbage will be dumped on the banks of the Madi river," said Krishna Prasad Lamshal, an officer of the municipality.
"The Municipality has plans to separate the types of garbage and dump them separately in the future," according to Krishna Hari Poudel, a drinking water and sanitation technician with the municipality.Posted on: 2003-12-25 05:17

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