Kathmandu, October 22

Around 13 metric tonnes of waste was collected from major rivers including Bagmati River and their banks at various places of Kathmandu today. Marking the 180th week of the Bagmati Clean-Up Campaign, participants of the campaign collected garbage at Guheshwari and Bishwaroop Temple premises.

According to the High-Powered Committee for Integrated Development of Bagmati Civilisation, officials of Kathmandu metropolis and the personnel of Nepal Army, Nepal Police and the Armed Police Force, among others, had joined the campaign. Chief campaigner and former chief secretary Leela Mani Poudyal, former secretary Kishor Thapa, Pashupati Area Development Trust member secretary Dr Govinda Tandon, among others, had led the

campaign.