Bagmati clean Up campaign is in its 191st week and enthusiastic volunteers have collected over hundreds of tonnes of trashes from Bagmati river and its tributaries. The river is pretty trash-free and upgraded aesthetically however organic load is still the same and stinky. The campaign has occured every Saturdays over two years and is waiting hard to see cleaner Bagmati.
As a part of river rehabilitation, disposal of stuffs in or beside at river bank is prohibited. Five people dumping in river in Tilganga were arrested by police and charged 5000 rupees each for fine. The guilties were workers from Annapurna Sweet shop in Gaushala, Arun Glass house, Local Chicken store and Shiva Shanker hotel. Here question comes: who are real polluters and how much fine for the action? A handful of poorly mannered civilians deserved to be fined and what about those who discharge raw untreated sewage in river without treating it? What about those polluters who are toxifying river water and killing fishes and invertebrates and ecosystem??
As a part of river rehabilitation, disposal of stuffs in or beside at river bank is prohibited. Five people dumping in river in Tilganga were arrested by police and charged 5000 rupees each for fine. The guilties were workers from Annapurna Sweet shop in Gaushala, Arun Glass house, Local Chicken store and Shiva Shanker hotel. Here question comes: who are real polluters and how much fine for the action? A handful of poorly mannered civilians deserved to be fined and what about those who discharge raw untreated sewage in river without treating it? What about those polluters who are toxifying river water and killing fishes and invertebrates and ecosystem??
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| Swerege added in river at Tilganga |
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| Sewerage added in river at Jorpati |
Who is polluting?
The guilty man disposing in the river( source: Kathmandu post)
Bagmati river along with its tributaries is sustaining over 2.5 million people in Kathmandu Valley. The river has been used extensively to irrigate, pump water for drinking purpose, construction and many more. The river with glorious fauna and biodiversity and holiness took few decades to be dark stinky and dead with the urbanisation and accelerated population growth of Kathmandu valley. The river is immensely associated with peoples religious beliefs and day to day life. Therefore, the rehabilitaion of the river is important for survival of Kathmandu valley aesthetically and spritually.
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| A man releasing his dead wifes spirit in the river according to Hindu Tradition. |
References
http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/5-arrested-for-disposing-waste-in-bagmati-river/
http://www.myrepublica.com/news/12671
Picture sources
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154121634751859&set=a.10154118419926859.1073741893.668126858&type=3&theater
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