Kathmandu: More than 300 people have visited the faecal sludge treatment plant located in Ward No. 8 of Mahalaxmi Municipality. Records at the treatment plant reflected that over 300 people have visited and studied the plant since last October till date. The visitors include university professors, sanitation researcher...
Dhulikhel : WaterAid Nepal, with close support of Godawari municipality and Centre for integrated Urban Development (CIUD), successfully conducted a three-day training program on WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) Leadership and Capacity Building from November 20 to 23, 2024, in Dhulikhel. The training was at...
On World Toilet Day (November 19), we are reminded that sanitation is not just a basic human right, it is also essential for public health, gender equality, and climate resilience. At the ongoing Conference of the Parties (COP) climate discussions, there is a renewed emphasis on the need for safe, reliable, and cli...
It was around mid-2021. Sanitation experts would speak about the citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) initiatives implemented in Senegal and Bangladesh on various platforms. Experts would say, 'Citywide inclusive sanitation is an effective approach to sanitation as it establishes access to safe, equitable, and sustaina...
Today started as a normal day for me in Kathmandu. I had planned a trip to the Balkhu Riverside, having heard that CIUD (Center for Integrated Urban Development) was installing a device to accumulate solid waste in rivers. There was a big gathering around one area of the riverside in the Kirtipur district. I was inq...
Siraha: Sabal Nepal, under the Up-scaling WASH System Strengthening Approach in the Terai Region of Nepal (NPL 1082) Project, supported by BMZ, VCA, and Welthungerhilfe (WHH), conducted an orientation on the Role of Child Club Members in WASH at Shree Laxmi Secondary School in Bishnupur Rural Municipality, Siraha....
Kathmandu : Drinking water used by Kathmandu and Lalitpur metropolitan city residents for drinking has been found contaminated with deadly microbes. According to officials at the Lalitpur Metropolitan City, 180 of 540 water samples collected from wards 7, 8, 9, 15, and 17 of the metropolis were found contaminated wi...
On July 7, two young people suffering from diarrhea were admitted to Shukraraj Tropical and Communicable Disease Hospital, Teku. Following a test at the National Public Health Laboratory, one of the individual was diagnosed with cholera, marking the first reported case of cholera this year. These individuals had come f...
Lalitpur : In most of the urban municipalities and rural municipality of Nepal, many organizations are working to improve and upgrade the level of WASH status at the municipal level. Keeping this in mind, the program of WASH building block analysis and planning workshop jointly organized by Centre for Integrated Ur...
Kathmandu : Every year, the world generates nearly 242 million tons of plastic waste. Asia accounts for an estimated 81 percentage of plastic waste. In Nepal, out of 3.5 million ton of municipal waste generated each year, about 600,000 ton is the plastic waste. Kirtipur municipality generates 24.5 metric tons of...
