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Nepal reported 487 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1, 806 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 242 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 371 people underwent antigen tests, of which 245 were tested positive. The Ministry said that 168 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours. As of today, there are 4, 298 active cases in the country.

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City said that it has planned to manage the solid waste of the Kathmandu Valley by the next four days. According to Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office's Environment Department Chief Sarita Rai, works are on the progress to manage the garbage piled up on the roadside by this week. Rai said the management of the waste from major streets has been over and it has planned to collect the waste of inner roads by coming Saturday. At present, 300 vehicles reach Bancharedanda landfill site on a daily basis to dispose of waste. The number of waste containers is more than on normal days. Few days ago, Mayor Balen Shah directed private companies partnering with the KMC in the waste management to conclude the management within a week. It may be noted that management of waste generated in the Kathmandu Valley was halted for two months due to the road disruption from monsoon rains and sometimes owing to the obstruction of Sisdole and Bancharedanda folks. They obstructed the garbage disposal demanding that the agreements reached with them be implemented at the earliest. Last week, a four-point agreement was signed among the Chief District Officers of Kathmandu, Dhading and Nuwakot districts and the Sisdole and Bancharedanda folks, paving the way to dispose of the garbage again. At least 1,200 metric tons of solid waste are generated from the Kathmandu Valley and the KMC is the highest contributor (over 500 metric tons) to this volume. The KMC has been disposing garbage of the Kathmandu Valley in Bancharedanda for the past many years.

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City demolished structures constructed illegally in various places of Kathmandu. The KMC on Wednesday demolished illegal structures of Sundhara-based Kathmandu Mall and Pako New Road-based RB Complex. A team including KMC Mayor Balen Shah and Metropolitan Traffic Police Chief Mira Chaudhary among others had reached the Kathmandu Mall this morning. Earlier, the KMC had demolished illegal structures at New Baneshwor.

The weather is partly to generally cloudy throughout the country with chances of light to moderate rain in most of the places today, said the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning at some places in Province 1, Bagmati, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces and at a few places in the rest of the provinces. The weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly region while it will be partly cloudy to generally fair in the remaining regions tonight. There are chances of light to moderate rain along with thunder and lightning at a few places of Province 1 and Lumbini province, and at one or two places of the rest of the provinces tonight. The Meteorological Forecasting Division states that the minimum temperature in Kathmandu Valley was 20.4 degrees Celsius and the maximum 31.5 degrees Celsius over the last 24 hours. The lowest temperature (12.1 degrees Celsius) was recorded in Jumla while the highest temperature (36.4 degrees Celsius) was recorded in Biratnagar throughout the country in the last 24 hours.