France, June 26 -- Nepalese authorities recently called out security forces to help clear the garbage from Kathmandu after protesters blocked access to landfills accusing authorities of ignoring health concerns of residentsliving near the stinking mountains of trash.

Rubbish littered Kathmandu's Durbar Square for weeks as residents of nearby villages pushed back municipal trucks ferrying garbage from the capital city of 1.4 million people.

"It had been a nightmare walking through rubbish to fetch children from school, do the groceries and run other daily chores," said Laxmi Sarma.Tourism blues

The disruption coincided with the annual climbing seasonwhen world-class mountaineers, trekkers and campers from the west converge during spring...