The Bharatpur Metropolitan City has received technical and financial supports from the Government of Republic of Korea to manage wastes. Both the countries would sign a memorandum of understanding in a few days.

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For the purpose, a landfill site would be constructed at a cost of Rs 1.25 billion. Mayor of Bharatpur Renu Dahal said a master plan has been prepared for the waste management in the first phase with the support from the Government of Republic of Korea. The report has been prepared after carrying out a detailed study about the waste management of the city.

Dahal shared that the activities for the waste management are going to be forwarded on government to government modality and an agreement would be signed in this regard within few days. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration should sign such agreement since the local levels directly cannot receive the foreign assistance. A modern scientific landfill site would be constructed at Bharatpur Metropolitan City, according to Mayor Dahal. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has already sent a file at the Finance Ministry after completing all the processes.

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Chief of Planning and Foreign Assistance Coordination Division of the Finance Ministry Bishnu Dutta Gautam said preparations were made to complete the task in last December but got delayed due to COVID-19. The Finance Ministry is all set to sign an agreement within few days after completing all process, it is said. Similarly, Chief Administrative Officer of Bharatpur Metropolitan City, Ram Bandhu Subedi, shared that the landfill site would cover around 9.9 hectares of land in Jaldevi Community Forest at Aanptari to manage around 100 tonnes of wastes on daily basis.