Bharatpur Metropolitan City to manage waste with Korean support

Chitwan / Feb 11: Bharatpur Metropolitan City has received technical and financial support from the Government of the Republic of Korea for waste management.

Both the countries would sign a memorandum of understanding in a few days. For this purpose, a landfill site will be constructed at a cost of Rs 1.25 billion.

The mayor of Bharatpur, Renu Dahal said a master plan has been prepared for waste management in the first phase with support from the Government of the Republic of Korea. The report has been prepared after carrying out a detailed study on the city’s waste management.

Dahal shared that the activities for waste management are going to be forwarded from government to government modality and an agreement would be signed in this regard within a few days.

The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration should sign such an agreement since the local governments directly cannot receive foreign assistance. A modern scientific landfill site will be constructed at Bharatpur Metropolitan City, according to Mayor Dahal.

The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has already sent a file to the Finance Ministry after completing all the processes.

Chief of the Planning and Foreign Assistance Coordination Division of the Finance Ministry, Bishnu Dutta Gautam said preparations were made to complete the task last December but things were delayed due to COVID-19. The finance ministry is all set to sign an agreement within a few days after completing all processes, it is said.

Similarly, Chief Administrative Officer of Bharatpur Metropolitan City, Ram Bandhu Subedi, shared that the landfill site will cover around 9.9 hectares of land in Jaldevi Community Forest at Aanptari to manage around 100 tonnes of wastes on a daily basis. RSS