world environment day being celebrated

Kathmandu, June 5 – The Pragatisheel Dhara Sudhar Samiti, a community based organization, held a cleaning programme around the Maharajgunj area this morning on the occasion of the World Environment Day.

 

As part of the cleaning programme, volunteers, with the help of locals, police personnel and hospital staff, collected trash from the Teaching Hospital, the Kanti Children's Hospital and Maharajgunj area and cleaned the localities, it is stated.

 

Initiating the cleaning up programme, Chief Secretary Lilamani Poudyal said sustainable environment management would be possible only through the concerted efforts of all sectors of society.

 

Dr. Bhagawan Koirala of the TU Teaching Hospital stressed the need of proper management of hospital waste for keeping the environment clean.

 

President of the Samiti, Krishna Prasad Poudel said the cleaning programme has been held with the objective of raising public awareness on the importance of keeping the environment clean and healthy.

 

RSS