Degrading environment of Bagmati River

Christina Rai
Kumaripati, Lalitpur
1st March, 2011

The Bagmati River at Pashupati Nath which is supposed to be pristine and holy by devotes of inside and outside of Nepal is degrading day by day.
The condition of the Bagmati River at Pashupati Nath is such that people do not dare to touch the water. The smell of it becomes horrible that whoever passes through it covers his or her nose and mouth by his or her hand .and by other things. Even though the monkeys also do not drink the water of it, that in its vicinity.
Dumping of the solid wastes along its bank, discharge of sewage into the river without treatment, encroaching of land around the river bank by squatters and illegal sand mining are the major factors leading to the pollution and degrading environment of the Bagmati River. This makes the end to the Bagmati Rivers’ sanctity and beauty.
Despite numerous organizations working towards curbing the environmental degradation of the Bagmati River at Pashupati Nath, no tangible improvement has been seen yet. The government of Nepal has stated that they will bring major changes in the conditions of Bagmati River and its environment many times but the work has not yet been seen. This arise sadness in the mind people of Nepal.