Authorities are planning to phase out abattoirs in Kathmandu in favour of importing packaged meat from outside the Valley as there are no more places to dump slaughterhouse wastes. “The plan is to bring meat instead of bringing live animals which comes with added burden of managing their wastes,” said chief of Public Health Division at Kathmandu Metropolitan City Hari Kumar Shrestha. Although the Valley is becoming self-sufficient in chicken, still 70 percent of all goats and 60 percent of buffaloes are imported from outside. Around 500 buffaloes; 1,500 goats; 7,000 chicken; 150 pigs and 7,000 kg fish enter Kathmandu on a daily basis, according to KMC. As there are not enough waste disposal sites in the Valley, slaughterhouse waste has been creating a health hazard.
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