The project is a part of the Integrated Sustainable Solid Waste Management Project that has the total joint investment of Rs 18.2 million of the KMC and European Union.

Under the project that started around four years ago, 300 kilograms organic fertilizer, 14 kilowatts electricity and 13,500 liters water will be produced on a daily basis from three metric tones organic materials.

Meanwhile, speaking at a function on the occasion of the biogas production, KMC?s newly appointed mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya said many problems of the capital city could be resolved once waste of the city is managed properly and fully. He also said it is the responsibility of the local residents to keep their house premises and surroundings clean.

KMC's executive officer Ishwori Raj Poudel viewed that the KMC's campaign to utilize waste as energy should be made to materialize. EU's ambassador to Nepal Rensje Teerink pointed out the need for making Kathmandu city known to the world as a beautiful and clean city.