BEST PRACTICES ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OF NEPALESE CITIES
Table 1 Municipalities and their geographical locations in Nepal
Development Region
Eastern Development Region
(EDR)
Central Development Region
(CDR)
Western Development Region
Mid-Western Development Region
(MWDR)
Far Western Development Region
(FWDR)
Totals: Tarai= 31; Hill= 27
Location
Tarai4
Hill
Tarai
Hill
Tarai
Hill
Tarai
Hill
Tarai
Hill
Municipality
Damak, Inaruwa, Bhadrapur, Itahari, Siraha, Biratnagar, Rajbiraj, Lahan,
Dharan, Mechinagar
Ilam, Dhankuta, Triyuga, Khadbari
Malangawa, Bharatpur, Hetauda, Janakpur, Gaur, Ratnanagar, Birgunj,
Kalaiya, Jaleshwor, Kamalamai
Panauti, Kirtipur, Thimi, Bidur, Banepa, Bhimeshwor, Dhulikhel,
Kathmandu, Lalitpur , Bhaktapur
Butawal, Kapilvastu, Ramgram, Siddarthanagar, (WDR)
Putalibazar, Lekhnath, Prithivinarayan, Vyas, Waling, Pokhara, Tansen,
Baglung
Gularia, Nepalgunj, Tulsipur, Tribhuvannagar
Birendranagar, Narayan
Mahendranagar, Dhangadi, Tikapur
Amargadhi, Dasarathchand, Dipayal
In this report, the best municipalities in terms of their
waste management performance5 were selected for
inclusion and analysis on the basis of their key
financial indicators6 - as presented in the 2008 report
prepared by UDLE7 and the government of Nepal8. The
municipalities selected for the analysis of waste
management performance and financial indicators are
Bhaktapur, Bharatpur, Biratnagar, Hetauda and
Tribhuvannagar.
The selection of the best NGOs has been done according
to their solid waste management performance and
interviews with various waste management
professionals. Accordingly, cases from the Nepal
Pollution Control and Environment Management Centre,
Suiro Abhiyan, Hetauda, the Suiro Programme of
Bharatpur, the Urban Environment Management Society
and the Women's Environment Preservation Committee
have been chosen. Conclusions and lessons learnt are
discussed in the last part of this publication.
4 Southern part of Nepal with flat topography
5 Based on discussion with professionals , governmental staff and staff from SWMRMC
6 Financial indicators: Recurring revenue, own source revenue, property rental, current expenditures, capital investment, social devel-
opment, net effect, grants, relative growth, actual to budget performance.
7 Urban Development through Local Effort, a programme of GTZ
8 Detailed revenue and expenditure breakdown with budget and key financial indicators of 58 municipalities ( for the year 2005-06)
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