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In Nepal's Capital, Waste Puts off Visitors and Locals

Large amounts of waste, or garbage, are filling streets in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, after protesters blocked a road leading to a landfill outside the city.

Protesters in the village where the garbage is dumped accuse the government of not doing enough to protect them from the waste.

One British visitor, or tourist, Richard McSorley, recently spoke¹ to Reuters news agency about the problem. He remembers how much cleaner Kathmandu was when he first visited many years ago. "If I was a new tourist I would be disgusted," McSorley said, while pointing to a load of garbage next to a city street.

The waste problem comes as government officials seek to draw in more tourists after the country's unsteady economy was hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic.

For weeks, treatment of waste has been a continuous problem in the hill-ringed city. The problems started after people in the village of Bancharedanda resisted having the garbage dumped at a nearby landfill.

Biswas Dhungana was one of the protesters. He said the villagers were refusing to permit trucks loaded with garbage to enter. They say government officials have done little to provide basic equipment and effective structures to deal with the garbage.

Dhungana told Reuters, "We have been forced to live like pigs in yucky conditions for several years as the government has not done anything to keep the village clean."

Last week, hundreds of villagers build a barrier of rocks on the road leading to Bancharedanda. It forced about 200 trucks filled with Kathmandu's garbage to return without dumping their load.

Three witnesses said protestors also threw stones from surrounding hills. Three police officers were injured. Police then fired tear gas to break up the protests.

Sunil Lamsal is an official overseeing how Kathmandu's garbage is processed. He told Reuters he was working to deal with the concerns of locals in Bancharedanda as soon as possible.

Lamsal said, "We are coordinating² with the protesters and will invite them for talks to resolve the problem."

But for now, garbage continues to grow on the streets of Kathmandu. This has led to increased anger for people living in the capital, like Laloo Magar.

"I am fed up with the authorities who can't even keep the city clean," Magar said. Magar added that the current waste situation in Kathmandu was "a disgrace³."

Words in This Story

landfill – n. an area where waste is buried under the ground

dump – v. to get rid of (waste or garbage) especially in a secret and illegal way

disgusted – adj. very annoyed or angry about something

yucky – adj. unpleasant and disgusting

coordinate⁴ – v. to make arrangements so that two or more people or groups of people can work together properly and wel

authorities – n. people who have power to make decisions and enforce rules and laws

disgrace – n. something that you are or should be ashamed of

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 coordinating   

v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的现在分词 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
• He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的，难道我们不去请他？ 来自电影对白

3 disgrace   

n.耻辱，不光彩，丢脸的人（或事）；vt.使丢脸

参考例句：

• You will bring disgrace on yourself by doing this.你这样做会给自己带来耻辱。
• He is a disgrace to our school.他是我们学校的耻辱。

4 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。