DRINKING water is an essential need of the people and it is the responsibility of the government to ensure adequate supply of safe water. This is, however, far from the case in Nepal. A large number of Nepalese still lack an access to clean drinking water so the central and local governments should work with priority to overcome this problem.

By: Pratik Rimal

Kathmandu: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) sought help from security personnel to dispose of waste on Thursday and faced no obstruction from the locals of Sisdole. KMC had taken 150 each from Nepal Police and Armed Police Force headed by Deputy Superintendents of Police from both the police organizations.

The garbage disposal from the capital city to the Sisdole dumping site area has been anything but smooth. The disposal has been obstructed for 260 days on 65 occasions since this dumping site came into operation. The locals were unhappy about having garbage being disposed in their backyard and have been agitating numerous times making demands.

Kathmandu: Prakash Mani Sharma, President of NGO Forum for Urban Water and Sanitation (NGOFUWS) stated that Nepal should give prime priority to sanitation to achieve the target made by Millennium Development Goal and universal coverage by 2017. Speaking at the fifth Annual General Meeting of NGOFUWS, he urged all the concerned government and non-government organizations to implement their development activities with more focus on sanitation to ensure sanitation facility for all in the country.