A Visit to Bhaktapur

 Explored Bhaktapur today, was surprised to see those people who were proud of themselves constructing a way for sewage to Manohara River. People constructing a canal kept my eye on, i was curious so i asked them " Is this canal for the irrigation purpose?" and what i heard made me comment bitterly "stone the crows", it was actually sewarage for sewage  way out to Manohara  river.  I couldn't walk away so i asked them who is actually responsible for making this swerage?,,,,was surprised more with the answer... the reply was "Bhaktapur munipality". While We are trying to change the scenario of Bagmati at the one hand, Manohara is being polluted more at the other hand. Municipality itself is deteriorating the environment, instead of finding some solution for the problem they are making a solution of Manohara and sewages .Bhaktapur is one of the few municipalities in Nepal where LDF do not contribute the biggest part of total revenue (approx. 34 % of Bhaktapur’s total revenue is generated from tourist entry fees), whereas with approximately 32 % on national average LDF is the major source of revenue for other cities. This makes Bhaktapur municipality financially more independent from the central government (Financial Analysis of Bhaktapur Municipality, 2007). Bhaktapur municipality has sufficient resources but need to invest them wisely to secure a sustaining development process. If you can't contribute for better environment at least you can find some solution for not letting Manohara deteriorate more.



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  1. UnknownApril 29, 2014 at 1:17 AM

    It is really surprising that the government and local authorities have not taken into account why millions of rupees has to be poured into Bagmati cleanliness; the mindset of Bhaktapur municipality still seems to be "out of sight out of mind".
    have the authorities taken rivers as a mechanism to flush away sewage of the civilization!! now in dilemma after reading your article di!

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    1. Sagarika BhattaMay 1, 2014 at 5:07 AM

      I was shocked and annoyed at the time!! i wish we could do something, i wish it was on our hand to change the decision!!

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