Introduction:
Solid Waste Management of Kathmandu- A case Study.
Waste Management In the collaboration of Kathmandu metropolitan city and JICA the field visit for Nature Club Student of Different School is going to held today. Here we plan for visiting 3 school but some technical Difficulties we have only 2 school. The Main objectives of this trip is to give out the main knowledge to the students about Waste we produce, waste collection, waste management.
Generation & Collection of Waste by Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC)
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| Waste Management |
Where is Waste Management of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC)
- Municipalities are completely responsible for solid waste management
- Some new approaches are being tried out in KMC
- Door-to-door collection
- User fees
- Source-separated collection
- Composting
- Private sector participation
- “Landfilling” on the banks of Bagmati has stopped since the operation of Sisdol Landfill Site from June 5
Social Aspect - Waste Management
- Waste collection service: 89% household
- Majority having knowledge about waste separation
- 41% of respondent have positive attitude
- towards making compost
- KMC realizes that community participation is
- the key improvement of the urban environment,
- after the establishment of CMU
- NGOs/CBOs have been involved in various
- SWM activities including collection services,
- awareness, and 3R activities
Financial Aspect -- KMC spends about Rs 17 million for SWM services,
- which represents 30-35% of total municipal
- expenditure
Location: Sisdol, Okharpauwa, Nuwakot
First Phase:
with 38 student, 4 teacher and we all volunteer are gathered in Teku in front of KMC Office, and we heading towards the Temporary Waste collection center of Kathmandu valley.in 5 minutes we are there now the environment of this place is so irritating, nonsense smell, waste are everywhere….,there we discussed about the waste, waste collection of Kathmandu, temporary storage of waste of Kathmandu valley and plan action of this day.
Second Phase:
we again back to the Teku office and ready for heading to Okharpauwa…in bus we and student played quiz which is related to the environment…after 1 and half hour we are in the site area.
Last Phase:
At 12.30 pm we are at office of KMC, Kathmandu, There is launch break for some time after this there is some class by Rajaram Karmacharya about the Waste Management. We learn many things about waste. We also share our experiences of days, and make the report of the day.
Full Day Overall Review:
Overall this is so fun, interesting, knowledgeable having interacting with students, sharing of knowledge is good way to communicate, and we learn being a Student is not only about learn but it is also about to teach which we know. In the field site I learn different things about this landfill site; this site is made by the help of government of japan and peoples of japan. Actually purposed site is not the Okharpauwa But is Banchare Dada 2 km Far from this location, this place is in remote area basic things like transportation, electricity, and other essential services. This is due to the lack of care of governments, Economic Resources, Lack of detailed studied, remote region of proposed area.
Waste Management There is 3 valleys in Okharpauwa Valley A, B, C. First waste were collected in Kathmandu Valley and when it is full of waste another Valley C is used then Valley When All valleys are full of waste the gap between valley A&B are joint to make plain. And this plain the deposits of waste are Collected and buried under soil every day. The local people are collect recyclable materials from the waste to make the source of income whenever possible but there is many wastes which can be easily recycle and reuse and Almost 60% of the waste is organic so it can be used for composting.
There is gas pipe which bypass the heat from the buried waste. Heat is produced by the decomposition of waste, it also contains possibilities of production of bio-gas is essential study can be done and government gives the large subsidies. The liquid substance produced from these waste are black in color, having nonsense smell are called Leachate is deposited in tank. There are 3-4 tanks but only one is in use. These leachate are directly discharge into the near river which cause many harmful effect in environment degrades ecosystem and cause several epidemic diseases in many time.
The waste water treatment was followed in past but due to the KMC and government careless it is not happening now so quickly required procedure should be done. After back to the Kathmandu we discussed on the importance of waste. And other fundamentals of waste. We also review and share experience of program and analyze ourselves.
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