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In addition, many thousands of people have built huts, shacks and brick homes illegally along the river and refuse to leave.
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But the pickup efforts admittedly fall short of perfection, in part since frequent disruptions to trash collection services encourage more dumping than they can keep up with. Kharel said that over the years the campaign has succeeded in collecting about 80% of garbage along the riverbank, recovering all sorts of refuse from decaying animals to even, shockingly, the bodies of dead babies dumped there. She volunteers her time not only for cleanup duty but to raise awareness among the population about avoiding pollution. There almost every weekend is Mala Kharel, an executive member of the governmental High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilization, which was set up to help clean up the river. Among those initiatives, every Saturday for the past seven years hundreds of volunteers have gathered in Kathmandu to pick up garbage and remove trash from the Bagmati. Indeed, there have been efforts by both private volunteers and the government to clean up the river.
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“Not that there has not been any efforts, there have been several cleaning campaigns, but there are more people dirtying it. “I now have serious doubt that it will be cleaned in my lifetime,” Lama said.
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Bubbles form from the polluted water of the Bagmati River as it is processed at the Guheswori Wastewater Treatment Plant. Today that feels like a long-ago dream dashed by decades of dumping human waste and refuse, and one she doesn’t expect to see again anytime soon. The river is significant to Buddhists, too, many of whom cremate bodies on the Bagmati’s banks.īorn and raised next to the Bagmati, Lama recalled using its waters for cooking, bathing, washing and even drinking. People have also traditionally collected river water to sprinkle on their homes to purify them. During Teej, married women come to pray for the health and prosperity of their husbands, and single women, to find a good one. Visitors also wade in during the festival of Chhath, praying to the sun god Surya. Women dip in the river to wash away sins during Rishipanchami, a day for worship of the seven sages revered as enlightened beings guiding humanity through the ages. Hindus flock to the riverbanks in Kathmandu to worship at shrines and celebrate festivals. The sprawling complex comprises a golden-roofed main temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, surrounded by hundreds of smaller ones. In the capital, the Bagmati’s sludge oozes past several sacred sites, including the Pashupatinath Temple, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979. Trash sits in the Bagmati River as it flows in Kathmandu, Nepal. Spraying the inside of the can with disinfectant does two things - first, it makes the can smell better and second, the liquid causes the bag to 'stick' to the can sides while the bag is inflated(which insures that no folds or twists will 'catch' trash later and possibly cause the bag to rip/split).Tainted by garbage and raw sewage that is dumped directly into the waterway, Nepal’s holiest river has deteriorated so greatly that today it is also the country’s most polluted, dramatically altering how the city of about 3 million interacts with the Bagmati on daily, cultural and spiritual levels. Opening the bag first removes the static electricity/ vacuum effect that makes it so hard to open the bag while inside the can. Once the bag is fully expanded, tie off the bag so it cannot fall inside the can. As you spread the open end over the can edge, blow hard into the bag to cause it to inflate(forcing it into contact with the can sides). Then grab the sealed end of the bag, and 'toss' the bottom end of the bag into the trash can without holding the bag anywhere else. Second take one trash bag, fully expand it(OUTSIDE of the can). Not trying to be an inventor's buzz-kill, but I've always used a trick I learned from my first job, a local burger joint(not a chain or franchise).įirst spray the inside of the empty can with a nice smelling disinfectant(Lysol works), so that you get the sides of the can a little damp.(This also keeps the can smelling nice - even in a fast-food restaurant)