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Nepal can be
divided into mountains, hills and terai. Biratnagar is in the eastern terai
side of Nepal. It is industrial district. Like other places, Biratnagar is
also very polluted. Climate of Biratnagar makes the level of pollutant more
intense. It is very hot and humid. Throughout the year pollutants in the
atmosphere exceeds the standard level. Air, water and lands are equally
polluted. Solid wastes alleviate all the forms of pollutants through wind,
water and insects.
We all know that we have drainage
problem. It is not due to lack of infrastructure but lack of proper waste
collection. Those drainage tunnels and pipes get clogged due to the
unwanted accumulation of wastes throughout year. Water cannot pass through
blocked wastes in pipes and tunnels and city gets flooded.
Do we want to imagine the months like
Chaitra, Baisakh and Jestha? Those months are considered to be very windy
and it is very hard to survive for all the levels of people in Biratnagar.
Wind carries dust particles and wastes, which creates nuisance and is the
chief cause of deaths due to diseases like cholera, dysentery, typhoid,
dioherea and many more. We are also aware that malaria is coming back to
our town, as the organisms are getting resistant to the pesticides and
medicines. If we are clean and our city is clean we will not have any of
those problems. We just need to be aware of proper waste collection,
transportation and disposal. I would like to say that it is all habit and
it is not difficult to overcome the problems on solid waste. It just needs
commitment that we will not pollute our hometown, my city. For example; if
you are dirty I will not come close to you and will not be your friend.
Nepal depends much on tourism and if we do not keep our hometown clean, we
must not aspect any tourists to come. Keeping the town in which one live is
not the new concept. We have just changed our habits by depending only on
municipality.
The wastewater that is accumulated due
to wastes collected in the drainage is heaven for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes
breed in those waste water and multiplies in numbers. We can get rid of the
diseases like malaria, elephantiasis and we do not have to be awake by the
bite of mosquitoes. The solution is simple we just need proper education to
be environment friendly and work for the betterment of environment. Clean
Biratnagar Movement was established to deal with such programs and it is
still waiting for the cooperation from people.
The type of waste found in Biratnagar
is organic and which can be mostly used to make compost. Bottles, cans,
metals etc. can be reused and recycled. BMC has all the technologies and it
is waiting for cooperation from people so that it can extend its program in
a most dynamic way.
BMC is in town, which is working in our
town since 1997 AD It is empowered by Biratnagar Sub-Metropolitan. It has
new concept and is working with full energy. As a result we can see the
difference in the waste pickups in these recent years. BMC-Silt is trying
to bring different environmental
projects in our town. It has proper disposal and composting
site unlike the municipality, which used to dump waste in the Singhiya
khola.
If you have any program, please contact
Babu
Raja shrestha, the general manager of BMC-Silt. If you have any
problems regarding wastes and it is not collected properly contact him at
Tel: 00977-21-2-6012
Fax: 00977-21-2-2822
This is page is created to support the works of BMC which
is actively working to control the wastes in Biratnagar. It is also well
known for creating number of volunteer
service opportunity and organize different programs on
Environment. If you have any questions regarding this page please contact
Hem
Kumar Pokharel
PO Box: 390867
Cambridge MA 02139-0010
USA
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