Police have arrested 14 persons for not allowing the garbage carrying vehicles to enter the dumping site in Sisdole, Nuwakot.

Police said that they apprehended the locals of Sisdole for creating obstructions in dumping the garbage.

Locals had been staging demonstrations since this morning saying that they would not allow the garbage of Kathmandu to dump in Sisdole landfill site until their demands are met.

DSP Gautam Mishra of the Metropolitan Police Circle, Balaju said that they have rounded up 14 persons who were trying to create obstructions in dumping the garbage.

Earlier on Tuesday, Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah had urged the locals to facilitate dumping the garbage.