Bajhang, Feb. 10 -- Chainpur, the district headquarters of Bajhang, is getting more polluted by the day due to haphazard disposal of garbage. The problem has continued unabated despite the efforts of the Jaya Prithvi Municipality, various clubs and organisations.

In mid-December, the municipality had convened cleanliness committees across its settlements. In Simkhet alone, the local unit set up 34 area cleanliness committees. The committees purchased 170 plastic dustbins at the cost of Rs280,000 and placed them across the city.

But two months on, they have started disappearing.

"People have taken those dustbins for their personal use," said Laxmi Bohara, a local of Chainpur. "The dustbins are no longer to be seen in the town area."

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