Nepal deploys security forces during challenge to law and odour

An image from a Danfe TV report shows piles of rubbish along the street in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu. © Danfe TV

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 residents living 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.