Nepal's Capital Chokes with Garbage Dumped in Streets

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10 June 2022 13:39 WIB

People walk near the pile of garbage dumped along the street in Bashantapur Durbar Square, a UNESCO world heritage site, as locals from a village near the dumping site protest against garbage being dumped in their area by obstructing garbage trucks from reaching the dumping site, in Kathmandu, Nepal June 7, 2022. People held their noses and breaths as they walked past a large stinking heap of garbage in Kathmandu's Durbar Square on Thursday (June 9) which has been growing steadily after villagers near a landfill protested attempts to dump more trash there. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

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A woman covers her face as she walks past a pile of garbage dumped along the street in New Road, a financial hub and one of the busiest streets of Nepal, as locals from a village near the dumping site protest against garbage being dumped in their area by obstructing garbage trucks from reaching the dumping site, in Kathmandu, Nepal June 8, 2022. The trash pile at the UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of numerous spots in Kathmandu littered with huge and growing stacks of garbage, leaving residents and tourists to struggle with the problem. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

10 Juni 2022 00:00 WIB

People walk past a pile of garbage dumped along the street in New Road, a financial hub and one of the busiest streets of Nepal, as locals from a village near the dumping site protest against garbage being dumped in their area by obstructing garbage trucks from reaching the dumping site, in Kathmandu, Nepal June 8, 2022. On Wednesday (June 8), hundreds of villagers including women and children chopped down trees and erected a barrier of rocks on the road to Bancharedanda, forcing about 200 trucks laden with Kathmandu's garbage to return without dumping their load. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

10 Juni 2022 00:00 WIB

A man looks for recyclable materials in garbage dumped along the street, as locals from a village near the dumping site protest against garbage being dumped in their area by obstructing garbage trucks from reaching the dumping site, in Kathmandu, Nepal June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

10 Juni 2022 00:00 WIB

Garbage trucks wait to get escorted by the police as locals from a village near the dumping site protest against garbage being dumped in their area by obstructing garbage trucks from reaching the dumping site at the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

10 Juni 2022 00:00 WIB

A man walks on a pile of garbage at a dumping site as locals from a village near the site protest against garbage being dumped in their area by obstructing garbage trucks from reaching the dumping site at the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

10 Juni 2022 00:00 WIB