KMC punishes 84 for littering

Kathmandu: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has thus far taken action against 84 people for littering. KMC fined these people and collect­ed Rs 237,350 in penalty. Chief of the operations section of KMC’s Environment Manage­ment Division, Meen Bahadur Thapa, informed that 84 people have been booked, the majority of them from Putalisadak, Bag Bazaar, New Road and Jamal areas. The penalty for litter­ing ranges from Rs 500 to Rs 100,000. KMC has been man­aging 800 metric tons of solid waste a day. RSS