23 March 2020, Kathmandu
Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu has made arrangements for public handwashing taps in collaboration with various organizations in various places in the Kathmandu Valley.
As shared by DIG Bishwa Raj Pokharel , chief of Metropolitan Police Office, Ranipokhari, an arrangement has been made to wash hands in Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur in collaboration with Machhapuchchhre by installing a water tank.
The initiation has been taken to this effect as per the expert’s advice so that the spread of the coronavirus pandemic can be minimized by washing hands, using facemask and sanitizers, shared Pokharel.
According to Pokharel, public water taps have been installed at Ratnapark, Baneshwor, Gaushala, Sinamangal, Maharajgunj and TU Teaching Hospital.
Similarly, such arrangements have been made at Thapathali, Teku Hospital, Patan Hospital in Lalitpur and in crowded places of Bhaktapur.
