PADT using new technology for Bagmati river cleaning

Kathmandu / Mar 16: The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has brought what is called the bio-toilet technology into use for cleaning the Bagmati river.

PADT says this technology would be used to purify the water in the Bagmati river on the stretch from Guheshwari to Tilganga.

PADT member-secretary Dr Pradip Dhakal said they are conducting a feasibility study to check the effectiveness of the new technology.

Although works had been started for purifying the river water that flows on this stretch of the Pashupatinath area 24 years ago by establishing the High-Powered Bagmati Committee, the expected success has not been achieved so far.

PADT is bringing into use this new technology in collaboration with the Committee. The aim is also to increase the river flow. The drainage from toilets would be processed and only water would be discharged by using the bio toilet technology at Pashupati area.

PADT stated that works on this project would be started once the feasibility study team submits its report to it. The Bagmati Clean Up Mega Campaign was started on May 19, 2013 with the initial objective of making the water in the Bagmati river up to Pashupati area fit for bathing purpose.

In course of the campaign, river cleaning is carried out on various stretches of the river. It has been cleaned to some extent but due to the discharge of drains in the upstream areas, the river water becomes polluted to the extent that it cannot sustain life.

37 metric tonnes waste managed in Kathmandu valley today

Thirty-seven metric tonnes of waste was managed today in course of the cleaning up works carried out in the rivers and various places along the Ring Road area in the Kathmandu valley today.

The waste collected in course of the cleaning up campaign is managed by the local levels of the areas concerned.

The area on the bank of the Bagmati river in front of the Ram temple at Pashupati area was cleaned and seven metric tonnes waste managed today in the 305th week of the Mega Campaign.

More than 550 people, including PADT member-secretary Dhakal, chair of the High-Powered Bagmati Civilisation Integrated Development Committee, Narendra Raj Basnet and campaign volunteers participated in the cleaning.

Twenty-three organizations including the Nepalese Army, Nepal Police and the Armed Police Force also joined hands in the cleaning. RSS