A modern organic fertilizer and biogas plant established in Solma, Okharbote of Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality, has remained non-operational for five years, sparking growing frustration among residents and raising concerns over the possible waste of nearly Rs 50 million in public investment.
Constructed with special grants from the federal government alongside investment from the municipality, the project was inaugurated in 2077 BS by former Province No. 1 Chief Minister Sherdhan Rai amid high public expectations. The facility was envisioned as a model waste-management initiative capable of transforming garbage collected from Diktel Bazaar and surrounding areas into organic fertilizer and clean energy.
The fertilizer plant, designed with the capacity to produce 1,000 kilograms of organic fertilizer per hour, was expected to support the municipality’s long-term ambition of becoming an “Organic Municipality” while reducing farmers’ dependence on chemical fertilizers.
Alongside the fertilizer facility, a biogas plant was also installed to process waste into compressed natural gas (CNG), with plans to distribute the gas to households in cylinders similar to LPG cooking gas. However, despite the ambitious vision and public promises, both facilities have remained abandoned and inactive since their inauguration.
Today, the once-celebrated project stands largely unused, with equipment gathering dust and infrastructure deteriorating due to prolonged neglect. The inactivity has increasingly drawn criticism from residents, who accuse municipal authorities of failing to formulate a concrete operational plan even after half a decade.
Residents have taken to social media in recent months, sharing photographs of the idle structures and questioning why a project funded through public resources has yet to deliver any tangible benefits to the community.
“The municipality had announced plans to distribute and market organic fertilizer through dealers,” said resident Ganga Bahadur Bishwokarma, who donated six ropani of land free of cost for the establishment of the project.
“Five years have passed since the inauguration, but the current people’s representatives neither show preparation nor have any clear plan to operate the plants,” he lamented.
Bishwokarma further warned that much of the machinery and decorative infrastructure installed at the site has already started deteriorating and may soon become unusable if immediate action is not taken.
The municipality, which comprises 15 wards, had projected the project not only as an environmental initiative but also as a potential source of internal revenue generation through fertilizer production and waste recycling. Yet, the prolonged inactivity has instead fueled public dissatisfaction and renewed questions regarding accountability, project management, and the effective utilization of state funds.
Locals now fear that unless urgent measures are adopted to revive the facilities, the multimillion-rupee investment could ultimately become another example of failed development planning and wasted public resources in rural Nepal.
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