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[Waterworks] City Presentation – Kathmandu(Nepal)

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City Presentation - Kathmandu(Nepal)

1. Bagmati River – Yesterday, today, tomorrow Mr. Sanak Kumar maharjan Junior Engineer Environment Management Department Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office

2. Introduction • According to a census conducted in 2011, Kathmandu metropolis alone has 5.2 million inhabitants, and the agglomerate has a population of more than 7.5 million inhabitants. The metropolitan city area is 50.67 square kilometers (19.56 sq m) and has a population density of 123,225 per km². • The city stands at an elevation of approximately 1,400 meters (4,600 ft) in the bowl-shaped Kathmandu Valley of central Nepal. It is surrounded by four major mountains: Shivapuri, Phulchoki, Nagarjun, and Chandragiri. • Kathmandu valley, the main urban centre of Nepal, the chief concern is contamination from sewage lines, septic tanks, open pit toilet and surface water has been polluted by direct disposal of solid waste. • The main river of Kathmandu valley is Bagmati River which meanders through the lands of the valley merging with many primary tributaries viz. Bishnumati, Dhobi, Manohara, Hanumante, Tukucha, Kodku, Godavari, Nakhu, and Balkhu, finally exiting from Chovar

3. Kathmandu Valley

4. Bagmati in the Past • Kathmandu valley civilization is known as Bagmati Civilisation • Bagmati and Bishnumati have religious importance as major temples and buddhist shrine are situated at the river banks • Bagmati and Bishnumati were sources of drinking water, irrigation of Kathmandu valley and other human purposes • River banks are ritual procession places at the time of human birth and death.

5. Bagmati and Kathmandu valley in the past

6. Bird eye view of Current Kathmandu

7. Current condition of Bagmati • Kathamandu is famous for its alluvial soil but now days no barren land can be found due to increase number of infrastructure and buildings. Population growth is the major cause of Bagmati river pollution. • Bagmati is polluted due to solid waste ,sewage waste and human encroachment in the river banks • River without water is the source of different diseases • River bank settlement from the people migrating from all over the country is polluting river more from their activities

8. Current condition

9. Policy taken to prevent pollution in Bagmati • KMC has made compulsory provision of septic tank within the building whiles constructing any building. • KMC and government has removed the inhabitant and destroy the infrastructure made by them encroaching river banks • Construction of separate sewage drainage in river banks preventing sewage waste directly flowing to the river.

10. Bagmati Cleaning Campaign • Raise awareness not to pollute Bagmati river • Make participation of NGO and INGO for cleaning river • Make participation and co-ordination of government bodies • Media partnership for Bagmati cleanning • Participation of people from every walks of life

11. Initial stage of Bagmati

12. Final exit of Bagmati from Kathmandu Valley

13. Bagmati Cleaning campaign • Prime Minister in Bagmati Campaign

14. Bagmati Cleaning campaign • People from every walks of Life

15. Bagmati Cleaning campaign • Army and Police taking part in Bagmati Cleaning 
campaign

16. Bagmati Cleaning campaign • President in Bagmati Campaign

17. Bagmati Cleaning campaign • NGO and INGO in Bagmati Campaign

18. Bagmati Cleaning campaign

19. Taking bath at Bagmati river by Secretary of government of Nepal after successful campaign

20. Final Stage of Bagmati

21. What we need to do in future • Sewage and sludge should be treated before flowing it to river • Should construct large scale sewage and sludge treatment plant • Continuation of Bagmati cleaning campaign • Water treatment plant in different part of city • Prevent encroachment of river banks

22. Hope in Future

23. Thank You

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