KATHMANDU: Members of the private company working for waste collection and transportation have made public a self-regulation compliance directive on operation, monitoring and evaluation-2076 BS.

Chief Administrative Officer at Kathmandu metropolis Kedar Neupane made public the booklet on self-regulation amidst a program organized by Waste Management Association on Monday on disclosure of standards on work uniformity, monitoring and evaluation and orientation.

The booklet has included several provisions regarding workers’; uniform, security instruments, timetable for waste collection, working system, service cost and conducts with service recipients. Among other arrangements include code of conduct of employees and minimum standards to be adopted while transporting and managing waste.

Neupane lauded the efforts to develop self-regulation directive to maintain discipline and integrity in the sector. “The preliminary function of the metropolis is to keep the city clean by managing wastes.

The private sector has substantially contributed to the vary job of the metropolis”. Chief of KMC Department of Environment Management Hari Kumar Shrestha said enforcement of self-regulation in private sector would be easier to mobilize them, evaluate their performance and maintain uniformity at works. Association chair Basu Uprety said the practice has been adopted to enhance public trust on private sector’s functions.