Kathmandu, January 24
The Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management is preparing to run big and mid-level drinking water projects in 40 districts.
The projects are a part of the department’s initiative to provide clean drinking water to all Nepalis.
Dipak Khadka, Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation, said these projects, which are in different phases, are meant to supply clean drinking water to all peoples. In the Terai, we are working to supply arsenic-free water to peoples, while in the hills, we are trying to supply water to populations by drawing water using electric motors.
Arun Kumar Simkhada, under-secretary at the department, said: Under the ministry’s initiative, we are running big drinking water projects in regions where there’s scarcity of water. Simkhada said: We are about to operate 110 drinking water projects in 40 districts.
Minister Khadka said the ministry is working to supply drinking water to all Nepalis by 2017.
The ministry is preparing to run 110 drinking water projects in districts, including Taplejung, Ilam, Jhapa, Udayapur, Sunsari, Morang, Ramechhap, Dolakha, Nuwakot, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Kavrepalanchok, Bhaktapur, Makwanpur and Rautahat. It is also planning to run such projects in Bara, Nawalparasi, Palpa, Gulmi, Mugu, Jumla, Rukum, Kailali, Kanchanpur and Doti.
In the last fiscal, the department brought 74 drinking water projects into operation. Each project will require more than five million rupees, Simkhada informed. The department has set aside Rs 825 million for the 110 projects.
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