Environment

a. Ring Road Green Belt Project
We in collaboration with the Department of Forest and Soil Conservation (DoFSC) have taken an initiative to maintain greenery in the 10.2 Km Koteshwor-Kalanki stretch of Ring Road with tree plantation and landscaping on both sides of the road. A memorandum of understanding has been signed with the DoFSC for the construction and maintenance green belt of the stretch.

Under this collaboration, Ncell has supported the plantation of trees in the stretch and taken up the ownership to take care of the greenery in this section till 2024. With this project, the company aims to reduce the existing pollution in the city by setting up an exemplary green belt area, urging people to go green.

Apart from this, aiming to promote awareness among the general public regarding environmental conservation and the importance of ecology, Ncell, in collaboration with the DoFSC is setting up digital hoarding boards in 8 different locations across 7 Provinces of Nepal. The hoarding boards to be installed under this initiative will display messages related to the conservation of the environment and ecology.

b. Upgradation of Lainchaur Ground
Ncell as part of its CSR initiative has taken up the responsibility for upgrading and maintaining of iconic Lainchaur Ground at the heart of the city in collaboration with Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Ncell and Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Ward 26 have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect to greatly benefit the people of Kathmandu. The upgrading of the ground will include features such as a mini football ground, basketball court, children's play areas, trees other plants for greenery, traditional resting places, stone spouts, public restroom among others. The multifunctional ground is being constructed in a 54,921 sq ft. area.

c. Promoting renewable energy
Aiming to promote the use of renewable energy and supporting our community people in the area of our operations ieNakhhu, Lalitpur- 4, we have taken initiative to install solar lights in a 1.7 km stretch from Ekantakuna to Nakhhu Road. So far, we have already installed 150 solar lights. Under the same project, we have also installed a bus stand to facilitate easy and safe boarding and onboarding in public vehicles.

d. Senior Citizen Park
As a responsible corporate citizen, we have also supported partially in the construction of a park in Sano Thimi Bhaktapur. This park in the heart of the city benefits more than 300 households in the area as a perfect place for children and senior citizens for recreation.

e. Awareness Campaign on Environment Conservation and Protection
Under the initiative implemented as a part of our CSR, we planted 50,000 trees in 33 hectares of barren areas of Dhanushadham Protected Forest (DPF) for developing it as an area of environmental and ecological importance. To make sure local communities cohabit and contribute to conservation, we also implemented awareness programme involving schools, teachers, parents, and community people of the surrounding area. Later, as a result of the project, DPF was declared as ‘Illicit Felling and Open Grazing Free Zone’ in 2016 for the conservation and development of the forest. We had collaborated with Mithila Wildlife Trust (MWT) for the implementation of this project. Tree plantation with a barbed wire fence in the forest by Ncell played a great role in the protection of the forest. As a part of the project, MWT organized various activities such as the formation of eco-club, debate competition, painting competition, Mithila cultural program, Mithila painting training, and Mithila painting on school walls. Competitions and cultural programs were held fundamentally to raise awareness on environment conservation and protection of DPF. Mithila painting training, on the other hand, aimed at imparting the skills to the community people so that they could productively utilize the skills for income generation.

f. Cleaning Project
On the occasion of Global Hand-washing Day on October 15, 2014, Ncell implemented a hand-washing and cleaning campaign in Birtamod, Jhapa to raise awareness on environmental issues, the importance of handwashing, and keeping the city clean.

The event was implemented in collaboration with Immedia and Birata Jaycees and witnessed the participation of more than 400 people from local communities, clubs, non-governmental organizations, local bodies, and government agencies. The participants dressed in paper overalls distributed by Ncell picked litters, gathered garbage, and swept streets from Atithi Sadan to Mukti Chowk diligently, transforming Birtamod’ s streets into a clean stretch of roads devoid of garbage.

g. Sweeping Change
On the occasion the World Environment Day on June 5, 2012, Ncell organized ‘Sweeping for Change’ cleaning event in partnership with Green Action. The cleaning event witnessed overwhelming participation from residents of Kathmandu, students from schools, colleges, and several youth clubs, APF personnel, and representatives from Kathmandu Metropolitan City. wherein the campaign endorsed the need for environmental conservation and urging people to be part of the initiative to make our city clean.

More than 3000 participants joined in the cleaning event that aimed to the aware general public of the ongoing environmental issues and encouraged them to keep the city clean. Ncell supported in providing cleaning outfit paper overall, masks and brooms, and other cleaning material and initiated the cleaning from Baneshwor to Tinkune and Baneshwor to Maitighar.