Garbage disposal from Sunday KATHMANDU: Kathmandu Valley garbage is finally set to go to Aletar. A meeting between the officials of the Solid Waste Management and Resource Mobilisation Centre under the Ministry of Local Development and the protesting locals of Aletar ended the row... Horoscopes 29 Aug, 2009
Talks put off, likely to be held today KATHMANDU: The talks scheduled between the Solid Waste Management and Resource Mobilisation Centre (SWMRMC) and local residents of Aletar — the proposed garbage disposal site in Nuwakot — could not be held today after the agitating locals... Horoscopes 28 Aug, 2009
Aletar locals, govt to hold talks KATHMANDU: Solid Waste Management and Resource Mobilisation Centre under the Ministry of Local Development is holding talks with Aletar locals tomorrow regarding job opportunities for them -- a crucial aspect of settling the garbage row. The SWMRMC... Horoscopes 27 Aug, 2009
Panel hurdle to waste mgmt funds KATHMANDU: A week has passed since the Cabinet approved the formation of a high level special garbage management committee. But another committee mandated to work out on the expenditures is dilly-dallying, which has affected the job of the garbage... Horoscopes 25 Aug, 2009
Editorial Science can do it The management of garbage in the capital city has been giving headaches to successive governments. Unlike in other cities of the developed countries where wastes are managed scientifically, the garbage here is left to rot emitting... 13 Aug, 2009
Panel on waste management on anvil KATHMANDU: Ministry of Local Development has forwarded a proposal to the cabinet for the formation of a high-level special committee to oversee the scientific management of garbage produced in the capital city. "We registered the proposal at the... Horoscopes 12 Aug, 2009
Junita to scale seven summits KATHMANDU: Junita Sambahangphe — the 18th woman to scale Mount Everest — is all set to embark on a mission to scale seven summits, the highest mountains in all the continents. Sambahangphe will scale Kilimanjaro (5895 metres), Denali (6194... 11 Aug, 2009
EDITORIAL In whose backyard? Garbage disposal in the Kathmandu Valley has been disrupted since a week. Heaps of wastes are piling up for the seventh consecutive day on the roads and by lanes emitting odious odour. Apart from being unsightly, the garbage left... 30 Jul, 2009
Secys told to chalk out action plan KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Sunday directed secretaries of all the 24 ministries to prepare plans of action of their respective ministries that can be executed within the first 100 days of his government. All ministers were also...
