The Lekhnath Municipality, with the support of various organisations, has launched a campaign in a bid to free the Begnas Lake from the infestation of Jalakumbhi plants (water hyacinth) and keep its pristine beauty alive. 

Ceed Foundation and Hotel and Restaurant Association, Kaski are among those organisations cooperating with the Municipality in its efforts aims to control the encroachment of this aquatic plant on the lake. 

The campaign will run for two months, Foundation Director Damodar Bhakta Thapa said. The Municipality has released Rs 200,000 and Foundation and Association contributed Rs 25,000 each to launch the campaign. Every day, there will be around 40 people to remove the plants from the lake, he said. RSS