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Lesson

5 NATIONAL HERITAGE

Heritage means anything that
is inherited or handed down to
the people from generation to
generation. The things that do not
belong to a person, community
or group but belong to the nation
are known as National Heritage.
It can be anything of national
significance which is handed down
and preserved through generation. Patan Durbar Square
Every individual of the country has
equal rights towards that heritage. Each country has its own National Heritage.
The examples of National Heritages are religious places, temples, forests,
Mountains, rivers, etc. Similarly, our costumes, folk music, festivals, traditions,
songs, music, dance, Jatras, archaeological sites, and historical places and
objects are also our National Heritage.

Participation of people in the “Bagmati River Clean-Up Campaign”

Women Environment Preservation Committee (WEPCO), Lalitpur Sub-
Metropolitan City and Kathmandu Engineering College under mutual
cooperation organized the “Bagmati River Clean-Up Campaign”. 50 members
from different organization took part in the campaign. The members from
organization like WEPCO, Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City, Kathmandu
Engineering College, Pokhareli Didi Bahini Samuha, Friend’s Club, JICA
etc actively participated in campaign to clean the polluted Bagmati River.
The clean-up spot was Bagmati Bridge at Kupondole. The clean up materials
and tools were provided by Lalitpur while volunteers and members were
coordinated by WEPCO. The tricycles from WEPCO were used for collection
of the waste after the clean up. The Metropolitan trucks were used to transport
the waste. The total amount of waste collected in first week was 2 Trucks with
capacity of 4 tons. While, Total amount of waste collected on second week was
3 Trucks with capacity of 4 tons.

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