Kathmandu, April 8: A ‘cloth bank’ has been inaugurated in Chandragiri Municipality. The cloth bank is set up with the municipality’s financial assistance.
People can dump used clothes and bags at the ‘cloth bank’ set up at the main gate to the Municipality, which will then be recycled by the ‘cloth and food bank’. The recycled clothes and bags would be packaged attractively and kept at the bank’s showroom. It is said the needy people can take the clothes and bags from the showroom free of cost.
The cloth bank has also started distributing clothes and bags to the needy people at their home itself.
Chandragiri Municipality is the second local government within the Kathmandu Valley to operate the cloth bank.
Mayor Ghanashyam Giri, Municipality’s spokesperson and Ward No 4 Chairman, Krishna Prasad Khadgi, Chief Administrative Officer Hemraj Aryal and noted film actor Rajesh Hamal jointly inaugurated the cloth bank on Sunday.
On the occasion, Mayor Giri said that the Municipality would extend the possible support for expanding the cloth bank to the Ward-level in order to further promote this service in the coming days. He also stressed on the need of raising public awareness about the usefulness of cloth bank in the community.
Movie star Hamal said along with the cloth bank, preparations have been made to operate food bank in the municipality. He believed that the needy people would be benefitted from the cloth bank.
Cloth and Food Bank chairperson Kamal GC said a campaign has been started to collect and recycle the out-of-use clothes and distribute them to the underprivileged and needy people. According to him, the Bank has been operating a recycling factory at Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City and it is collaborating with 160 local units under this campaign.
