“This is the 11th year of the festival and we have decided to call it the festival of 21st century,” said Bijay Shrestha, one of the organizers.[break]
“This is our way of protesting the government’s lack of enthusiasm for cleaning the Bagmati River, and at the same time building hope among citizens that we can bring in change,” he added.
Shrestha informed that they have been working to clean the ghats in Kathmandu valley.
The Bagmati River Festival team organized a cleaning program at Teku Dovan ghat on July 16. Kutumba, a Nepali folk instrumental band, performed live at the event.
Last Saturday, on July 23, they organized a tree plantation program in the compound of Okhreni Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Sundarijal.
They also cleaned the water tank of the school. Kutumba played at the event too.
“Now we have enough people who care about Bagmati and who are really concerned about the present state of the river. The condition however doesn’t change overnight and someone has to take the initiative, so we have started this campaign,” said Shrestha.
They are organizing a cleaning campaign at Sankhamul next Saturday.
Kutumba, Mukti and Revival, Robin and the new revolution and Rock Sitar will be performing live in the next programs.
The events to be organized during the festival include awareness programs, cleanup initiatives, water sports and Jal Jatra.
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