LALITPUR: The Amendment Bill 2009 of Waste Management Act, which proposes to establish Solid Waste Management National Council for policy making and punishing those who obstruct the waste disposal process, will be registered in the parliament on March 25. According to Solid Waste Management and Resource Mobilisation Centre under the Ministry of Local Development, the draft of the bill was tabled in the Bill Committee of the Council of Ministers a year ago. The Bill Committee, however, approved it on February 18.

“Now, the bill is going to be registered in the parliament on Thursday for the final seal,” said Dipendra Bahadur Oli, legal officer, SWMRMC.

“The bill provisions management of garbage in a scientific way such as segregation of waste at home and separate transfer, along with jail term from 15 days to three months against those blocking garbage disposal processes,” he said.