KMC starts producing biofuel from waste

KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has authoritatively begun creating biofuel from the squanders, following a long test generation.

In any case, the local squanders gathered from ward numbers 12 and 19 of KMC would be utilized for the venture, said an authority at KMC.

Talking at a capacity composed today, KMC Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya said numerous issues of the Capital could be settled once the squanders are overseen appropriately and completely.

It is the duty of the nearby inhabitants to keep their private premises and environment clean, included Shakya.

The venture is a piece of 'Coordinated Sustainable Solid Waste Management Project' and has an aggregate joint speculation of Rs 18.2 million from European Union and KMC itself.

Under the venture, which began somewhere in the range of four years back, around 300 kilograms of natural compost, 14 kilowatts of power and 13,500 liters of water would be delivered once a day from three metric tons natural materials.

Similarly, Deputy Mayor Hari Prabha Khadgi additionally focused on the requirement for formulating a practical waste administration activity arrange.

The European Union Ambassador to Nepal Rensje Teerink likewise called attention to the requirement for making Kathmandu referred to the world as an excellent and clean city.