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Sisdol Landfill
Sisdol landfill is a location to dump solid waste from Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Kakani, and Banepa. It is the biggest dumping site of Nepal. 100 tons of solid waste is dumped at the site daily. The landfill is located at Kakani Rural Municipality (previously Okharpauwa Village Development Committee) of Nuwakot district. The landfill site has an area of 15 hectares. Two hectares of land is used for the actual filling while 12 ha are used as a buffer and the remaining 1 hectare is used for other facilities. The landfill site has two valleys, with a capacity of 166,085 and 108,910 cubic meters respectively. The waste from various cities is first collected in Teku transfer station. From the station, the waste is dispatched to Sisdol. Around 60 % of wastes in the Sisdol are organic but the waste remains mostly unsegregated. The recyclable waste is brought back and sold to recycling industries. The dump is filled in a semi-aerobic condition. Environment and social concerns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathmandu
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Lalitpur, Nepal
Lalitpur Metropolitan City, historically Patan ( sa, पाटन ''Pāṭana'', Nepal bhasa : '' Yela'', ), is the fourth most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, Pokhara and Bharatpur, and it is located in the south-central part of Kathmandu Valley, a new metropolitan city of Nepal. Lalitpur is also known as Manigal. It is best known for its rich cultural heritage, particularly its tradition of arts and crafts. It is city renowned for its festival and feast, fine ancient art, and the making of metallic, wood and stone carved statues. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 226,728 in 54,748 individual households. The city received extensive damage from an earthquake on 25 April 2015. Geography Lalitpur is on the elevated tract of land in Kathmandu Valley on the south side of the Bagmati River, which separates it from the city of Kathmandu on the northern and western side. The Karmanasa Khola acts as the boundary on the eastern side. It was dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhaktapur
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Kakani
Kakani is a Gaunpalika and former village development committee in Nuwakot District in Bagmati Province of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, the Kakani village development committee administered a population of 7816 living in 1343 individual households. As one of the most accessible settlements from Kathmandu over 2000 meters, this hill station hosts a British Gurkhas welfare bungalow and a number of hotels. The village is also home to a memorial park to the victims of Thai Airways International Flight 311. A notable local industry is strawberry farming. With the assistance of a United Nations Development Programme The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)french: Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human dev ... project, a local farmers' cooperative now produces close to 250 000 kg of the fruit per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banepa
Banepa ( ne, बनेपा) is a municipality and historical town in a valley situated at about above sea level in central Nepal which is at about east from Kathmandu. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it has a population of 55,528. The main attraction of Banepa is the temple of Chandeshwori, located approximately northeast of the town along the Rudramati River. The Dhaneshwor Temple is 1km south of the town. Banepa is also known for its eight different temples of Lord Ganesh, Narayanthan (the temple of Lord Narayan), Bhimshenthan (the temple of Lord Bhimshen) and eight different ponds. History Some of the ancient names of Banepa were Banepur, Baniyapur, Banipur. As it had trade relationship with Tibet from ancient period, Banepa is also known as "Bhont", "Bhonta", "Bhon dey (भोंदेय्)". Banepa is the combination of two words i.e. "Bane" means ' Business' and "Pa" means 'Place'. Therefore, "Banepa" means 'Place of Business'. It is believed that when entir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakani Rural Municipality
Kakani is a Gaunpalika and former village development committee in Nuwakot District in Bagmati Province of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, the Kakani village development committee administered a population of 7816 living in 1343 individual households. As one of the most accessible settlements from Kathmandu over 2000 meters, this hill station hosts a British Gurkhas welfare bungalow and a number of hotels. The village is also home to a memorial park to the victims of Thai Airways International Flight 311. A notable local industry is strawberry farming. With the assistance of a United Nations Development Programme project, a local farmers' cooperative now produces close to 250 000 kg of the fruit per year. ''UNDP |
Nuwakot District
Nuwakot District ( ne, नुवाकोट जिल्ला, a part of Bagmati Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Bidur as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 288,478 in 2001 and 277,471 in 2011. It is a historically important district in Nepal. Prithvi Narayan Shah died in Devighat of Nuwakot. The district contains places of historical significance such as the town of Nuwakot, and the village of Devighat located at the confluence of the Tadi and Trishuli Rivers. Kakani is popular among Nepalese people as a touristic place and picnic spot. Nuwakot holds the different reminance from the unification movement pioneered by late king Prithvi Narayan Shah to the present situation. Etymology The name, 'Nuwakot', is made up of two words 'nawa' and 'kort'. 'Nawa' means nine in Nepali and 'kort' means sacred religious sites at the top of hill. The district accordingly has nine hills over which various deitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teku Transfer Station
''Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers'' is a 2005 computer-animated series of four films produced by Canadian company Mainframe Entertainment, which also produced the television series '' ReBoot''. Available on DVD and VHS, it has also been shown on Cartoon Network. A sequel to the 2003 film '' Hot Wheels: World Race'', the series takes place two years after the World Race in California and puts Mattel's Hot Wheels toy cars in a ''ReBoot''-like situation. The films were distributed by Warner Bros. Television and the soundtrack was distributed by Sony BMG. A collectible card game, which was shown in the DVD bonus, and other merchandise were also made. Four specials were aired on Cartoon Network in 2005: ''Ignition'' (January 8), ''The Speed of Silence'' (March 19), ''Breaking Point'' (June 25) and ''The Ultimate Race'' (October 1). Plot Two years after the end of the World Race, Dr. Peter Tezla continues to study the information he gathered on the Wheel of Power while it was in his poss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ropani
In Nepal, some customary units of measurement are still used, although the metric system has been the official standard since 1968. Length The kos (kosh, krosh, koss) is a very ancient measure of distance, measuring about 2.25 miles or 3.7 km. *1 angul = approx. 0.75 inch *4 angul = 1 dharnugrah (bow grip) = 3 in *8 angul = 1 dhanurmushti (fist with thumb raised) = 6 in *12 angul = 1 vitastaa (span) = 9 in *2 vitastaa (cubit) = 18 in *1 haath = 1.5 ft. *1 dand or dhanush (bow) = 4 haath = 6 ft *2000 dand = 1 kos or Gorut = 4000 yards or 2.25 miles *4 kosh = 1 yojan = 9 miles = 14.48 km Land area The precise land measurement conversions as per Nepal standard are as follows: In a nutshell, The following is a partial list of everyday units used to calculate land area in Nepal. *1 Khetmuri = 25 Ropani *1 Bigha (बिघा) = 20 Kattha (कठ्ठा) = 6772.63 m² = 72900 sq.ft. = 13.31 Ropani *1 Katha (कठ्ठा) = 20 Dhur (धुर) = 338.63 m² = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banchare Danda Landfill
Banchare Danda landfill is an under construction sanitary landfill site to dispose the solid waste of Kathmandu Valley. It will be used as permanent disposal site after closure of Sisdol landfill. Banchare Danda lies about 27 km from Kathmandu and approximately 1.9 km west of existing Sisdole landfill. The Banchare Danda landfill was identified during 2007. The actual construction started in 2019 using 1792 Ropanis of land in Nuwakot and Dhading districts based on the cabinet decision on 3 December 2018 to implement the Integrated Solid Waste Management Project. The landfill site has capacity of about three million cubic metres consisting of two cells. The Cell-1 of the dumping site was ready for use in September 2021 while other parts remains under construction. Social issues The locals have been protesting to use Banchare Danda as an alternative to Sisdole landfill site because government could not meet the local's demand. The demand includes establishing a 50-bed hospi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
