Kailali is turning waste into wealth

Far-western district shows how waste and faecal sludge can be processed to ease fertiliser shortages.

For years, motorists and pedestrians travelling along the East-West Highway at Chaukidanda in Kailali would instinctively pinch their noses. Just 1.2 kilometres inside the forest, municipal waste was dumped or burned, creating a persistent stench and an environmental hazard that villagers had reluctantly learned to live with.