Banchare Danda, Sisdole locals say waste has turned their ‘paradise into hell’

Chandra Bahadur Balami was just 25 years old, had been married for a few years and was a happy man with a fulfilling life when the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) in 2005 began dumping garbage collected from the Valley in Sisdole. The agreement was that the area covering 750 ropanis (37.65 hectares) of land would be used only for three years.

When Kathmandu Valley’s garbage kept being dumped even after the agreed period, problems started piling up for the public as did the garbage in the gorge of Sisdole. Sisdole has three landfill sites called Valley 1, Valley 2 and Valley 3, all filled to the brim. Recently, the dumping was moved to Banchare Danda.

Over the past 18 years, the whole of Kagate village in Kakani Rural Municipality with around 1,100 households has faced much trouble.

reference:

https://kathmandupost.com/valley/2023/07/23/banchare-danda-sisdole-locals-say-waste-has-turned-their-paradise-into-hell
https://kathmandupost.com/valley/2023/07/23/banchare-danda-sisdole-locals-say-waste-has-turned-their-paradise-into-hell