Dhoraptan, Jan 30 : Hundreds of people traveling through the Kaligandaki corridor are bearing the brunt of rampant pile-up of garbage along the road sides.
It has been several years since the
waste emanated from Baglung Bazaar every day has been mounded along the
Kaligandaki corridor sides. The pile-up of garbage here has troubled the
Maldhunga residents and corridor travelers.
The 'dumping side' located nearby
Baglung Bazaar in the vicinity of Kaligandaki Corridor – the national pride
project has also been a ridiculous show for the visitors.
The Baglung Municipality that has
been throwing waste to the Kaligandaki River for around one-and-a-half decades
had started managing solid wastes along the corridor sides after a court
order.
Just above the dumping site for
waste management, there lies the Kalika Temple, a popular tourism destination.
The stinky environment resulting in from rampant management of waste has also
affected the temple.
Baglung Municipality which has been
temporarily dumping its waste along the corridor over the years has not been
able to place a well-managed dumping site. Consequently, it has troubled
travelers, locals and worshippers here.
Padma Nepali, a vehicle driver,
said the pungent smell emanating from the mound of waste has caused problem to
hundreds of passengers who daily travel through the corridor road. "I have
to ply my vehicles twice along the stinking corridor road.
There is a rampant pile-up of waste everywhere. The bad smell of waste is a big problem in the summer. Passengers feel nausea and vomit also due to stink", he said.
The municipality has been showing
reasons such as budget deficit, local obstruction and delay in preparation of
detailed project report for not advancing the proper management of waste.
In lack of the implementation of a
plan for the construction of well-managed landfill site for sustainable
management of waste, the travelers have been bearing the brunt of stinky
environment, complained Shiva Sunar, a local of Jaimini municipality-8.
However, Baglung municipality mayor
Basanta Kumar Shrestha said a well-managed dumping site would be placed in
coordination among the local, provincial and federal level governments after
land management for the same.