KATHMANDU: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Mayor Balen Shah has said additional trucks carrying garbage from Kathmandu will reach Bancharedanda today.

Mayor Shah said that as many as 152 vehicles carrying garbage reached Bancharedanda last evening.

“If there is no obstacle, 250 to 350 trucks carrying garbage from Kathmandu will reach Bancharedanda of Nuwakot every day,” Shah has written on his Facebook wall.

“On Saturday, 152 vehicles carrying garbage reached Bancharedanda.”

According to him, 75 vehicles of garbage come out of Kathmandu every day and the same amount of garbage is collected from various municipalities in the Valley.

“It may take some time to collect the garbage and deliver it to Bancharedanda under regular conditions,” he said.

Mayor Shah has also said that the KMC is planning for the long-term management of waste and efforts are being made accordingly.