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Gopal Sharma

In Nepal's capital, piles of garbage put off tourists and residents

A woman covers her face as she walks past a pile of garbage dumped along the street in New Road, a financial hub and one of the busiest streets of Nepal, as locals from a village near the dumping site protest against garbage being dumped in their area by obstructing garbage trucks from reaching the dumping site, in Kathmandu, Nepal June 8, 2022. Picture taken June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

British tourist Richard McSorley walked past a stinking heap of garbage in Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Thursday, reminiscing the much cleaner temple-studded city he had visited decades ago for the first time.

"If I was a new tourist I would be disgusted," the 48-year-old told Reuters, pointing to a pile of trash by the side of a street in Kathmandu, where the government is keen to draw more tourists after the country's cash-strapped economy was battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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