Govt unveils 10-point declaration paper on nat’l sanitation campaign; 104 metric tonnes waste collected from Bagmati

Kathmandu / March 11: The government has unveiled a 10-point declaration paper on national sanitation campaign on the occasion of the 200th week of the Bagmati Cleanup Mega Campaign.

Chief Secretary Dr Somlal Subedi announced the campaign today stating that the move would come into effect from the beginning of the 2074 BS.

The declaration states that all offices and organizations across the country would carry out cleanup campaign on their premises from 2 to 3 pm on the first Friday of every month.

Likewise, the schools across the country would conduct the campaign from 2 to 3 pm or an hour before the school closure on every second and fourth Friday and collect the garbage from the nearby rivers, rivulets, gardens, ponds, lakes, religious sites, roads and other public spaces.

Extra curricular programmes, drawing, debates, poetic activities, quiz contests, walkathon and tree plantation activities for environmental conservation.

104 metric tonnes waste collected on 200th week of Bagmati Clean-up campaign

Meanwhile, a total 104 metric tonnes of waste was collected along the 28-km strecth of the Bagmati River from Sundarijal to Chovar in the capital on Saturday on the occasion of 200th weeks of Bagmati Clean-Up Mega Campaign.

Bagmati Clean-Up Campaigner Umesh Bohara said that more than 100,000 people had joined the campaign despite general strike and rainfall.

Some 18 secretaries of the government under the leadership of Chief Secretary Dr Somlal Subedi were mobilized in different 18 sites. Leaders of major political parties including Nepali Congress Presidnet Sher Bahadur Deuba and Deputy Prime Minister and Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chairman, Kamal Thapa, also participated in the campaign.

Next week of the clean-up campaign would take place at Pashupati Ram Temple area on coming Saturday, according to the sources of Mega Campaign. RSS