The Bharatpur Metropolitan City and a South Korean waste management company here Thursday have signed a MoU for the effective wastage management in the Bharatpur Metropolitan City.
BMC Mayor Renu Dahal and Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corporation President Siyo Joo Won signed the MoU toward this end.
The Corporation would be doing research of the Bharatpur Metropolitan City's state of wastage management system as well as the landfills here and would prepare a detailed report.
The research will be focused on the studying the types of wastage and management of wastage in accordance to the seasons, among others. The research is estimated to cost around Rs 70 million and it will be borne by the South Korean Company, according to the Bharatpur Metropolitan City.
On the occasion, Mayor Dahal said that the research on wastage will be done in Chitwan as well as its neighboring districts.
Corporation President Won shared that his Corporation has been managing wastage of various countries generated by more than 20.5 million populations.
He expressed his confidence that the South Korean government would support the wastage management bid of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.
Meetings between these two sides on the same were held earlier in January and May this year.
More than 65 tons of wastage from its total 29 wards are collected from Bharatpur Metropolitan City on a daily basis.
The private sectors have been managing the wastage in ward 1 to 5 and 7 to 12 of the Bharatpur Metropolitan City while the Bharatpur Metropolitan City manages wastage in rest other wards.
