Mustang Manages Waste Amidst Climate Change Concerns

Mustang. To mitigate the effects of climate change, the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) Jomsom, under the National Trust for Nature Conservation, has given high priority to waste management. ACAP Jomsom has been managing the waste collected in the Gharpaung, Waragung Mukti Kshetra, and Thasang rural municipalities of the district since last year.

According to ACAP Chief Rajesh Gupta, 22,189 kg of non-biodegradable waste of various types collected in the three rural municipalities of the district from the beginning of fiscal year 2082-83 (Saun) to the end of Asar was transported out of the district for management. ACAP Chief Gupta informed that waste collected in Mustang over the twelve months of the current fiscal year was packed in two thousand 581 sacks and transported to Pokhara.