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Kathmandu’s
Water Crisis:
A Social
Problem
Demanding
Urgent Action,
by Namita
Poudel (rep
(kp
19/12/2024)
Jumla’s
Raragaun
struggles for
drinking water
four decades
on : Despite
new
initiatives,
residents are
sceptical as
the ongoing
shortage
impacts daily
life, by
DB Budha (kp
09/11/2024)
Making
cities
water-resilient,
by Kamal
Devkota (kp
25/10/2024)
Distribution
of drinking
water from
Sundarighat
resumes
(kh
25/10/2024)
Water
supply system
losses
overlooked in
climate
change-related
finance, say
experts,
by Shree Ram
Subedi (rep
17/10/2024)
Water
supply
services in
Lalitpur will
resume within
15 days:
Minister Yadav
(kh
16/10/2024)
Nepal's
oldest
irrigation
canal suffers
damage worth
over 5 million
due to recent
flood
(rep
13/10/2024)
Kathmanduites
to receive
Melamchi
Drinking Water
starting today
(kh
08/10/2024), Melamchi
water supply
resumes in
Kathmandu
Valley :
Minister for
Water Supply,
Pradeep Yadav,
officially
reopened the
water
distribution
from the
Melamchi Water
Treatment
Centre at
Sundarijal
(kp
09/10/2024)
Kathmanduites
to receive
Melamchi water
before Dashain
(kh
20/09/2024)
Drinking
water in
Kathmandu and
Lalitpur found
unsafe : 278
of 1,046 water
samples from
various
Lalitpur and
Kathmandu
localities
were found
contaminated
(kp
20/09/2024)
Melamchi
project to
resume water
supply in
Kathmandu
Valley from
mid-September
(rep
04/09/2024)
Faecal
coliform found
in drinking
water at
cholera-hit
Lalitpur drugs
rehab centre :
After four
persons from
the rehab
tested
positive
earlier this
week.
Officials urge
proper
purification,
storage and
safe handling
of drinking
water, by
Arjun Poudel
(kp
27/07/2024)
Mahakali
Irrigation Project sees only 22 percent
physical progress in 18 years
(rep 26/07/2024)
Drinking
water project started in Biratnagar at a
cost of Rs 2.54 billion (rep
29/06/2024)
Melamchi
water supply to be halted from Friday
(rep 20/06/2024), Melamchi
drinking water distribution halted in
Kathmandu Valley due to monsoon flood
risk (kh 21/06/2024), Melamchi
Drinking Water flow to continue, tunnel
to stay open under vigilant monitoring
(kh 21/06/2024), Melamchi
water supply to Kathmandu suspended amid
monsoon hazards (kh 24/06/2024), Melamchi
water supply closed due to muddy water
(rep 24/06/2024)
Sikta Irrigation Project
witnesses 92 per cent physical progress
(rn 14/06/2024)
A
Bardibas settlement struggles with water
shortages as sources dry up : Chure
destruction and long drought have
disrupted the water recharge system in
the Tarai, says researcher, by
Sunita Baral (kp 12/06/2024)
Dharan’s
water woes persist as budget fails to deliver
relief : Singha Durbar refuses Harka Sampang's
water plan; Dharan left high and dry (kh
30/05/2024)
Undrinkable
: Safe drinking water is a fundamental right.
The authorities are duty-bound to fulfil that
(kp 29/05/2024)
Quake-hit
Jajarkot villages reel under water
shortage after sources dry up : The
magnitude 6.4 earthquake last November
damaged 480 drinking water projects in
Jajarkot, Salyan, and Rukum West
districts,
by Krishna Prasad Gautam and Harihar Singh Rathour
(kp 18/05/2024) [Another case of
denial of immediate assistance!]
Panchthar
settlement struggles with acute water shortage
as sources run dry : 350 households affected.
Locals blame unchecked road construction and use
of heavy machinery for dwindling springs, by
Laxmi Gautam (kp 13/05/2024)
Sunkoshi-Marin
Diversion Tunnel undergoes breakthrough (kh
08/05/2024), Sunkoshi
Marin tunnel brings hope for parched Madhesh
farmlands : The 13.3-km tunnel that will
redirect a portion of the Sunkoshi river’s flow
to the Bagmati to irrigate farmlands in central
Tarai made a breakthrough on Wednesday, by
Sangam Prasain and Raj Kumar Karki (kp 09/05/2024)
Water
shortage getting chronic in Baglung settlements
: Crisis has deepened as springs have depleted
due to prolonged drought and wildfires. Women
are especially affected, working women the
hardest hit, by Prakash Baral (kp
08/05/2024)
Government
neglect leaves villages without piped water :
Bad roads extend travel time between Ilam
headquarters and Mangsebung Rural Municipality
to over six hours although the distance is just
80 km, by Laxmi Gautam (kp 26/04/2024)
Solar
Irrigation system, by Keshab Poudel (sp
26/04/2024)
Birendranagar
facing acute shortage of water, by Rajani
Yogi (rn 25/04/2024)
Forest
fires trigger drinking water crisis in Myagdi,
disrupting supplies to 30 villages /kh
25/04/2024)
As
springs dry up, water shortage deepens in high
altitude villages of Mallarani in Pyuthan :
Around 250 households in wards 1 and 2 of
Mallarani Rural Municipality endure hours-long
gruelling treks uphill and downhill to fetch
water, by Shamsher Bikram GC (kp 18/04/2024)
Villagers
smell corruption in failed water project :
Consumer committee chief accused of misusing
funds and making arbitrary decisions, leading to
project’s failure in Chhapdanda of Achham,
by Menuka Dhungana (kp 12/04/2024)
Remote
settlements in Parbat benefitted with completion
of drinking water project (kh 08/04/2024)
Melamchi
project needs Rs 4.50 billion for regular
operation (kh 04/04/2024)
Insufficient
budget affects Sikta Irrigation Project (rn
04/04/2024)
101
small irrigation schemes completed in Makawanpur
(kh 04/04/2024)
Karnali
villages are emptying as water sources dry up :
Of 366,370 households in the province, only
130,000 have reliable access to drinking water,
by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 30/03/2024)
Faecal
coliform found in drinking water samples taken
from Godawari ward : Health Office Lalitpur,
which tested the samples, has asked the general
public to ensure proper purification, storage
and safe handling of drinking water (kp
27/03/2024)
Conservation
of sources stressed to address water scarcity
problem (rn 23/03/2024)
Only
27% of population has access to pure drinking
water (kh 23/03/2024)
36-year-old
and still incomplete, a Pyuthan irrigation
project languishes in disrepair : Lungrimadi
Irrigation Project intended to serve 1,200
hectares of croplands in Swargadwari
Municipality through a 12-km canal system ,
by Shamsher Bikram GC (kp 22/03/2024)
Experts
stress coherent institutional, policy framework
for prudent groundwater use : Participants
stress a multi-dimensional approach to address
groundwater challenges (kp 21/03/2024)
Inspiring
initiatives for water security : For this, we
need to mobilise and empower the decision-makers
of tomorrow—the students of today, by
Madhukar Upadhya (kp 18/03/2024)
Babai
irrigation project faces delays again : The
project experiences a funds crunch after
outstanding dues to the contractor assigned to
build the canal were settled with this fiscal
year’s budget, by Kamal Panthi (kp
10/03/2024)
Stalled
irrigation project worsens flooding in Devdaha
and Tilottama : In several settlements people’s
homes have been damaged and croplands turned
barren due to recurring inundation caused by
overflow of a dam, which remains incomplete for
years, by Sanju Paudel (kp 09/03/2024)
Foundation
stone laid for four irrigation projects in Ilam
(rep 21/02/2024)
Govt
to allocate Rs five billion to address drinking
water woes in Dharan (rep 12/02/2024)
Local
residents join hands to end water woes : People
volunteer labour for free to repair and maintain
decade-old water pipelines to ensure an
uninterrupted supply, by Laxmi Gautam (kp
08/02/2024)
Over
5,400 hectares of land in Kailali, Kanchanpur
gets irrigation facility (kh 02/02/2024)
Kathmandu
starts getting Melamchi water again : The
second-phase plan is to divert water from Yangri
and Larke rivers to Melamchi to increase supply
to the Valley, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
16/01/2024)
NWSC,
Birgunj preparing to disconnect water supply to
278 taps (rep 16/01/2024)
Deepening
water crises : Addressing the impacts of
temperature and precipitation changes isn’t
within our institutions’ scope, by Madhukar
Upadhya (kp 15/01/2024)
PM
Dahal inaugurates Melamchi Water Supply in
Kathmandu (kh 15/01/2024), Mayor
Shah's satire on fifth inauguration of Melamchi
water supply: ‘How many times does govt try to
win same heart? (rep 15/01/2024)
Melamchi
Water Supply Project channels Melamchi water
towards Kathmandu : Water supply to Kathmandu
Valley expected to resume from January 15
(rep 13/01/2024), Distribution
of Melamchi water to resume tomorrow (kh
15/01/2024), The
stop-start Melamchi drinking water project :
Project aims to resume distribution in Valley
tomorrow. But there is no guarantee of regular
long-term supply, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 14/01/2024), Myopic
on Melamchi : As soon as the obstruction in the
valley’s water supply is cleared, long-term
solutions will again be shelved (kp
15/01/2024)
Locals
threaten to halt Melamchi water supply (rep
05/01/2024)
Melamchi
Drinking Water Project nears completion of
crucial repairs in the aftermath of 2021 floods
(kh 04/01/2024)
Ensure
Sustainable Water Management, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 02/01/2024)
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