Sindhupalchowk district's popular Indrawati River is increasingly polluted with haphazard disposal of wastes emanating from city area in the river water. 

The beauty and chastity of the river has been challenged with rampant practice of directly disposing wastes and drains to the river. 

The Indrawati River has witnessed increased pollution due to pile up of wastes on its banks, said Lekhnath Khatiwada, a local. 

Owing to the increasing pollution in the river, the number of tourists coming to the area from Kathmandu and othe parts of the country has also gone down, said Dhiren Gurung, a local youth of Melamchi municipality. 

Locals have demanded that the local administration should pay attention to keep the river free from pollution and encroachment. RSS