Kathmandu, Nov. 2 -- Garbage disposal resumed at the Bancharedanda landfill on Sunday after Minister for Urban Development Kulman Ghising promised to withdraw cases filed against local youths charged with vandalism and address the remaining demands within two weeks.

Waste collection in the local units of the Kathmandu Valley and some parts of the Kavrepalanchok had stopped since Wednesday after the people living around the landfill on the Dhading-Nuwakot border obstructed disposal to press the government to fulfil past agreements.

"Garbage disposal at the landfill has resumed for now," said Sarita Rai, chief of the Environment Department under the Kathmandu Metropolitan City. "Trucks that were stuck on the way to the landfill site since...