Damauli, March 26
A dead body was been found inside a water supply tank at Manahari, Myagde rural municipality-4 in Tanahun district.
The body was discovered on Sunday morning in the reservoir of the Manahari Pipaltar Drinking Water Project at Manahari of Tanahun near the Prithvi Highway.
Chandra Kumar Malla, secretary of the water consumers committee, said the body was found after consumers complained of the water distributed from the project was putrid and reeking.
“The consumers had complained of the water from the taps at their houses was stinking for two to three days. When we opened the cover of the water tank this morning, we were taken aback to see a body in there,” Malla said.
He added that he believed the water must have been murky as the distribution pipes near the highway were frequently broken in course of the highway expansion works going on at present.
“The pipes are snapped almost daily. I had thought the water might have become smelly due to this. But when the odour became intense, we decided to check in the water tank. When two of us opened the cover of the tank, we were shocked when we saw the dead body,” Malla added.
He said the identity of the body is not established yet and it appears that it might have been dumped after the murder.
The consumer’s committee has been supplying water to 138 houses at Manahari. DSP Mohan Bahadur Khand at the Tanahun District Police Office confirmed the finding of a body inside the water tank and said they have started an investigation into this connection.
