Garbage isn't a problem peculiar to Kathmandu. A recent survey of the lake city of Pokhara revealed that the city council has been disposing 58 tons of garbage everyday-by tossing it over the Seti river bridge in the city centre due to lack of a proper dump site. Waste generated by the local hospitals, most of it toxic, has made matters worse. Phewa lake, for its part, is breeding an alarming amount of coliform, due to the sewage and garbage from surrounding hotels and restaurants dumped into it. The survey, by Martin Chautari and the Pokhara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says that Pokhara's environmental problems, which include the illegal settling of land are numerous and growing.