Written by: Safal Raj Ghimire - 29026, Grade VI
Posted on: 05 July, 2022
Sisdol was not a dumping site nor a village infected with lung cancer and skin diseases. Let's talk about Sisdol.
First we need to know what Sisdol is or where Sisdol is. Sisdol is located at Okharpauwa in Nuwakot. It has been a location to dump waste and garbage from Kavre, Panauti and Dhulikhel
and mainly Kathmandu Metropolitan city. Sisdol has Nepal's biggest dumping site. Can you believe it?. Well, don't get too excited because the people over at Sisdol are suffering. If you are wondering how? Well, let me tell you “How?”
Kathmandu Garbage
As we all know there is a lot of garbage and plastic at Kathmandu but, have you ever asked them where they take the garbage? Probably No!. Well, they take it to Sisdol. As I said earlier Sisdol is a location where all the wastes from Kathmandu and other neighbouring districts are taken and kept there. But there is a serious issue. If you're wondering what the issue is? Then the issue is people are suffering from headache, diarrhoea, respiratory problems and skin disease along with environmental crisis.
Health and Environmental Hazards
People have been suffering from various diseases due to the dumping site at Sisdol. Imagine growing up with that smell of junk and waking up to the huge trash of the capital city in their village. Well since the trash has been there for a long time that explains respiratory problems and skin disease that people are suffering from. We can't even keep our own trash for one week in our houses while they have been keeping it for 17+ years. Now I'd like to tell the full story.
Story of Sisdol
17 years ago, the government of Nepal started using Sisdol as a dumping site. The people of Sisdol are told to be given free hospitals and ambulances and management of wastes in a scientific way for a long time now. But till now no progress has been made. So, some days ago the people of Sisdol started to refuse to allow garbage from the city to be dumped at their place. I totally agree with them because who would like 1200 tons of waste at their place everyday? The government should take this issue seriously and solve the problem as everybody has the right to a clean and healthy environment.
