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The classification of garbage has come into effect from today in Kathmandu as directed by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City in a bid to make waste management in the city more effective.

The metropolis a month ago issued a notice asking residents of Kathmandu to classify wastes produced from their home and market into biodegradable and non-biodegradable. For this cause, the KMC Mayor Balendra Sah reached the doorsteps of local people to make them aware.

This has been launched from all 32 wards of the city. The KMC has fixed the day for picking wastes from the city. Biodegradable waste is collected on Sunday and Wednesday and non-biodegradable garbage on Tuesday and Friday. The arrangements in the landfill site will be made accordingly, said the metropolis.

Those flouting the directive by the KMC to segregate waste are fined Rs 500 each.

The KMC has also urged KMC residents to use biodegradable waste as fertiliser.

Police have arrested five persons for their alleged involvement in selling the kidneys of street people.

The detainees have been identified as Dhan Bahadur Roka (28) of Manthali Municipality-5, Ramechhap, currently residing in Thimi Municipality-5, Bhaktapur, Bijay Kunwar (31) of Tamghas Municipality-2, Gumli, presently living at Gaushala, KMC-7, Dhupendra Shahi (28) of Chamunda Bindrasayani Municipality-6, Dailekh, currently residing at Kalopul, Kathmandu, Bimal Bahadur Shahi (28) of Chamunda Bindrasayani Municipality-6, Dailekh, presently living at Chabahil, KMC-7 and Ashish Tamang (21) of Prithvinagar Municipality-1, Jhapa and currently residing at Thimi Municipality-5, Bhaktapur.

Police said that they apprehended them while they were preparing to take the street people to India, luring them to sell one of their kidneys for Rs 500, 000 in Kolkata.

They take the people into confidence saying that humans have two kidneys and selling one kidney will have no effect on the body, police said.

According to the police, they will they be taken action under the Human Trafficking and Trafficking Act 2064.

Nepal logged 135 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Sunday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1, 473 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 114 returned positive. Likewise, 1, 568 people underwent antigen tests, of which 21 tested positive.

So far, 11, 953 people have lost their lives due to Covid-19 in Nepal.

The Ministry said that 59 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

As of today, there are 1, 439 active cases in the country, the Ministry said.

Chandragiri Municipality has pledged to further support and collaborate with Kathmandu Metropolitan City on the issue of solid waste management.

In this connection, the chiefs of two larger municipalities of the Kathmandu Valley held mutual dialogue for the first time. It may be noted that KMC has announced its initiative to collect biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste under its solid waste management bid from July 17.KMC sources shared that it would collect biodegradable waste on Sunday and Wednesday and non-biodegradable waste on Monday and Friday under its campaign for 'Segregating waste at source'. In a bid to take the public into confidence for the campaign, KMC has continued its doorstep visit programme.

At a meeting held between Chandragiri Mayor Ghanashyam Giri and KMC Mayor Balendra Shah at Chandragiri Municipality today, matters related to collaboration in various other areas, including waste management, were discussed.

"As waste management is a shared problem, Chandragiri Municipality is ever committed to supporting and collaborating with KMC in its policy and initiative for the same. We have adopted a policy of managing the waste generated within the municipal territory," Mayor Giri said.

Informing that the municipality has been incentivising the private sector to transform perishable waste into compost fertiliser, he stressed the need of integrated policy and collaboration among municipalities in Kathmandu valley to deal with the waste management issue.