Kathmandu, June 25 -- Monsoon has arrived and with it the annual problem of overflowing garbage in the metropolis.

Every year, residents of the Kathmandu Valley have to suffer the unbearable stench emanating from garbage littered on the roads as a result of a lack of efficient garbage disposal and management system in the Valley.

This year, the problem threatens to worsen with the 27-km road section that leads to Sisdole landfill site in Nuwakot already damaged by the monsoon showers the Valley witnessed in the past few days.

"The road that leads to Sisdole was asphalted just six months ago. But the monsoon rain has badly damaged the road section in Thulo Khola and Simtar," said Kedar Paudel, ward-2 Chairperson at Kakani Rural Municipa...