Kathmandu, Jun 8
Nabil
Bank is set to offer its toilets at designated branches in Kathmandu
Metropolitan City to the public for free.
As
per an agreement signed between the bank and the KMC, the public will now be
able to use the toilets of 18 branches of the bank within the metropolis free
of cost.
The
bank has expressed its solidarity to call of the KMC to extend the access of public
to the toilets as per the decision of the Municipal Executive last week.
The
metropolis will put an information board at the concerned branches of the bank
indicating that the public can use them.
The
bank will clean the public toilets and arrange the necessary items under its
social responsibility. In addition, regular maintenance, care and sanitation of
toilets, water management and drainage system will be looked after by it for a
period of five years.
Chief
Executive Officer of the bank, Anil Keshari Shah, said that the bank will also
cooperate in waste management in Kathmandu in line with the concept of
sustainable banking.
The
metropolis will monitor and evaluate the toilets every four months. The
agreement will help streamline and manage public toilet services in the
metropolis, said Nurnidhi Neupane, Head of the Public-Private Partnership unit
at the KMC.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 9 June 2022.
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