KATHMANDU: Four metric tons of garbage have been managed during the 470th week of the Bagmati Cleanliness Mega Campaign.
The river was cleaned up in the Sinamangal area on Saturday. The area 500 meters south of the Bagmati bridge was cleaned along the Bagmati riverbank, said Campaigner Kishore Singh Shahi.
On this occasion, a door-to-door program was also organized in the residents’ houses near the Bagmati river.
The cleaning campaign that started in 2070 BS is currently running for two hours every Saturday morning.
Influenced by the campaign, a Bagmati tributary rivers cleaning campaign has also started in Kathmandu Valley.
Currently, 25 places in the capital are being cleaned. Similarly, major cities, rivers and cultural heritage sites outside the Kathmandu Valley are also being cleaned up under a similar campaign.
It is said that such a cleaning campaign is being carried out in 109 places outside the capital.
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