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Nepali
bureaucrats regularly asked for ‘their cut’ from Melamchi contractor,
Italian officials say: Contractors from Italy-based Cooperativa
Muratori e Cementisti di Ravenna told the Post that government
officials demanded commissions from their monthly salaries and other
large payments, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 21/03/2019), Disgusting bureaucrats: Demands for commissions forced the Melamchi contractor to leave (kp 22/03/2019)
Coming
together for good: How a story on a village resulted in a reader-driven
campaign to provide villagers with clean drinking water, by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 16/03/2019)
Researchers call for sustainable water resources development, by Ram Saran Tamang (rep 15/03/2019)
The tainted sourceContaminated water supply systems spread disease in the community (kp 13/03/2019)
E
coli, coliform found in drinking water supplied in Kathmandu Valley:
Water utility urges local governments to help control pig and duck
farming in and around water sources, by Arkun Poudel (kp 11/03/2019)
Poor families in Bara drinking unsafe water, by Laxmi Sah (kp 10/03/2019)
Public and city planners welcome government’s ‘Water ATM’ service, but demand it free of charge, by Anup Ojha (kp 09/03/2019)
80 drinking water projects left in the lurch (ht 02/03/2019)
Water woes in Jhaukhel of Bhaktapur despite plenty of resources, by Krishna KC (rep 02/03/2019)
Khotang lift drinking water project nears completion (rep 25/02/2019)
Italian
firm forwards demands for resuming Melamchi work: The implementing body
told the Post it is unaware of the demands and has called on the line
ministry for resolution, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 22/02/2019), Government ready to bring Italian builder back for Melamchi, minister says, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 23/02/2019), ADB not in favour of govt plan to rehire CMC (ht 27/02/2019)
Water crunch hits displaced quake survivors (ht 22/02/2019)
Chulachuli reeling under water crisis (ht 22/02/2019)
Locals of Beltar get water taps at doorstep (ht 18/02/2019)
Melanchi water supply project: Ministry yet to make assessment of remaining work (rep 13/02/2019), Government still pursuing Italian firm for Melamchi: House committee ask probe into what made CMC suddenly leave the project, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 15/02/209)
Drinking water shortage hits Nepalgunj (ht 12/02/2019)
Local
contractors demand payments, blame government for Melamchi mess: The
Italian builder owes nearly Rs1.5 billion, about 800 workers stranded,
sub-contractors say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/02/2019)
Melamchi
contract with Italian firm ends but government is still in talks:
Ministry team is in Bangkok in ‘last-ditch effort’ to bring contractor
back, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 05/02/2019), Government’s last-ditch effort to bring back Italian contractor for Melamchi project fails, by Bibek Subedi and Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 08/02/2019)
Canal construction gaining momentum in Bheri Babai, by Nirmal Ghimire (rep 05/02/2019), Bheri Babai tunnel is 92pc complete, by Bibek Subedi (kp 08/02/2019)
Drinking water crisis hits Kundi school (kp 05/02/2019)
Irrigation project to come into operation in Rautahat (ht 24/01/2019)
A game of limbo: More thoughtful deliberation must factor into procurement and bidding (kp 23/01/2019)
Government
scraps Melamchi contract of Italian builder: It will take at least a
year to rope in a new contractor and resume works: Officials, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 21/01/2019), Officials mull special contract to bring Melamchi water to Valley by mid-April, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 21/01/2019), Melamchi Project consults with ADB to expedite work (kp 23/01/2019), Government may draft in Army for Melamchi project: But Army says there has been no communication yet, by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/01/2019), House
panel asks government to explore options for Melamchi: No problem in
hiring local sub-contractor if Italian firm doesn’t return to resume
work, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 25/01/2019)
Water shortage in Bhawar, by Pant (kp 20/01/2019)
Government mulls ending contract with Melamchi builder, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/01/2019)
Italian
firm puts forth pre-conditions to resume work on Melamchi projectA high
level official of the CMC demands no passport seizure and no travel
ban; the government has yet to respond, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 15/01/2019)
High-level team from Italy visiting Nepal for Melamchi negotiations, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/01/2019), Italian
contractor bargains with govt through its local agents: CMC's CEO Paolo
Porcelli likely to visit Nepal to settle the matter (rep 06/01/2019), Italian contractor yet to return to work as promised (rep 10/01/2019), Uncertainty surrounds Melamchi project (ht 12/01/2019)
Foundation laid for sewage treatment plant (ht 04/01/2018)
Board hints at resuming Melamchi works if Italian firm doesn’t respond, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (01/01/2019)
Melamchi works yet to resume, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 24/12/2018), Hearing on Melamchi project on Wednesday (ht 24/12/2018), Ready
to resume work, Melamchi builder takes back termination letter:
Breakthrough in negotiations between Italian and Nepali officials comes
after intervention by the Italian Embassy in New Delhi, by Chandan umar Mandal (kp 25/12/2018), Court orders to block Melamchi contractor’s bank guarantee, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 28/12/2018)
Rs38.80m irrigation project promises increased harvests, by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/12/2018)
Italian
builder’s staff trying to flee, say police: Officials familiar with
Italian group refute claim; Police say eight CMC staffers including the
project chief were caught from hotel. Blacklist sent to Immigration, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 18/12/2018), Staff of Italian contractor for Melamchi project detained briefly: Company's financial health downgraded in Italy (rep 18/12/2018), Italian contractor abandons Melamchi water project (ht 18/12/2018), Officials
and Italian builder differ on Melamchi dispute, travel ban details:
Authorities stopped two more Italians on Tuesday; Italians say
government wanted to hold passports until project is over, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/12/2018), Talks on Melamchi project inconclusive: Govt exploring options to complete the project on schedule, by Umesh Poudel (ht 19/12/2018), No pay for 1,000 workers at Melamchi project since 2 months, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 20/12/2018), Government clueless over Melamchi Water Supply Project (rep 20/12/2018), Panel tells government to complete Melamchi project within deadline, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 21/12/2018), PM
asks officials to continue project works with priority: Performance
bonds be handled with care to ensure no losses are made to the state
coffer (rep 23/12/2018)
In Jhalakpur, sweating it out for water, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 14/12/2018)
Sunkoshi-Kamala project on Centre’s priority list: Pun (kp 09/12/2018)
Cost-shared
water projects cascade success in towns: Households in 20 project towns
receive an average of 12 hours of daily water supply, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/12/2018)
Drinking water supply becoming challenging in Surkhet, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (kp 18/11/2018)
40 more working days before Melamchi water reaches Valley: Officials now blame poor time estimates for fresh delay (rep 31/10/2018)
Kavre locals get rid of drinking water woes (ht 30/10/2018)
94pc population to get drinking water (ht 28/10/2018)
‘Irrigation facility for 44,500 hectares more in three years’ (ht 28/10/2018)
Locals drinking contaminated water in Jajarkot (ht 22/10/2018)
Daraudi river project to benefit over 4,000 Gorkha households, by Hariram Uprety (kp 12/10/2018)
Solar water project benefits 30 families in Baddi Jyawan, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 05/10/2018)
Melamchi ‘to supply water in two months’ (kp 28/09/2018)
Parched city: Kathmandu’s thirst for water is growing but large infrastructural projects, experts say, are not a cure all, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 22/09/2018)
90pc water projects completed (kp 11/09/2018) [related to Sindhupalchok]
People drinking 'undrinkable' water in eastern Nepal: Study, by Amar Khadka (rep 04/09/2018)
Melamchi water unlikely by 2018-end (ht 04/09/2018)
India to build Mahakali main canal (kp 01/09/2018)
House panel tells water ministry to draft bill: The ministry functions without statutory law even after three years, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 29/08/2018)
‘Melamchi
water will be delayed’: The Dashain deadline for project completion
won’t be met as daily progress of work inside tunnel continues to fall
behind schedule, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 25/08/2018)
Water project benefits Chepang Basti (kp 24/08/2018)
13 pc citizens have no access to drinking water, by Tika R Pradhan (22/08/2018)
Water suppliers warn of service closure (kp 21/08/2018) [Because of local taxes]
Thirst things first: The only solution to the perennial water shortage is Melamchi (kp 21/08/2018)
Government to bring integrated act to regulate water supply: Water security and quality to be main focus, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 21/08/2018)
Parts of Capital to get water five times a week, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/08/2018)
Access to drinking water enables villages to focus on sanitation, by Dinesh Subedi (rep 16/08/2018)
Chepangs of Odhare reeling under acute water crisis (ht 13/08/2018)
Three decades on, Babai Irrigation Project still incomplete, by Nirmal Ghimire (rep 04/08/2018)
Politicians only milking Sikta Irrigation Project: Locals, by Arjun Oli (rep 31/07/2018), Why authorities are silent on the incidence of break down?, by Rudra Pangeni and Arjun Oli (rep 01/08/2018), Contractor responsible for repairing Sikta irrigation canal: Govt (rep 02/08/2018), Locals ‘find’ several vulnerable points along Sikta’s main canal, by Arjun Oli (rep 02/08/2018), Sikta Irrigation Project: Punish guilty parties (rep 09/08/2018), CIAA also forms panel to probe Sikta canal collapse (rep 11/08/2018), Sikta canal damaged at over 100 places, by Rudra Khadka and Arjun Oli (rep 12/08/2018), Several Sikta chiefs 'ignored' sub-standard work, by Rudra Khadka and Arjun Oli (rep 13/08/2018), MPs shied from reporting canal work flaws 4 years ago, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 14/08/2018), Main contractor outsourced work to four others for commissions,
by Rudra Khadka and Arjun Parajuli (rep 15/08/2018), Locals hopeful of
unbiased reports of Sikta investigation (rep 22/08/2018), Investigation finds 4 to 5 km of Sikta canal vulnerable (rep 23/08/2018), Did Sikta’s consultants do a proper job?, by Arjun Oli (rep 25/08/2018), PM dismissive of past irregularities in Sikta (rep 28/08/2018), Lack of water passages in canal a major fault, by Arjun Oli (rep 28/08/2018)
Rainwater harvesting: Water for future, by Abhishekh Chand (ht 27/07/29018)
Damdawali residents drink contaminated water from Babai River, by Biplav Maharjan (kp 25/07/2018)
Over 400 water projects incomplete or obsolete in Jajarkot district (kp 25/07/2018)
Main
canal of Sikta Irrigation Project breaks down again: The main canal is
supposed to hold 50 cumec of water. However, it broke down while the
authorities were testing its capacity by releasing only 4 cumec of water, by Arjun Oli (rep 25/07/2018), Locals demand probe into Sikta canal collapse (rep 26/07/2018)
Drinking water problem finally solved for locals of Aapkhola, by Shamsher Bikram GC (rep 23/07/2018)
Bhaktapur faces water shortage as suppliers go on strike (kp 22/07/2018)
Gadhuwa hails Rs 10m potable water project (kp 21/07/2018)
Melamchi
water supply project tests pipelines: Project Director Khatri says they
will clean the pipelines completely before supplying water (kp 14/07/2018)
Water
in crisis: Water enables life on Earth, but we are running out of it;
hence urgent measures are needed to save the nature’s precious gift to
mankind (ht 12/07/2018)
Drinking water pipeline expansion halted in Pokhara, by Dhan Basnet (rep 09/07/2018)
Lack of irrigation infrastructure holding back export potential: Two-thirds of arable land lacks irrigation infrastructure, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 01/07/2018)
Drinking water projects worth Rs 190 million stalled for years, by Govinda KC (rep 28/06/2018)
Melamchi contractor promises to supply water before Dashain, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 25/06/2018), Melamchi delays drain treasury, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 26/06/2018), Melamchi water to reach capital by Sept-end: Minister (rep 26/06/2018), Melamchi mirage: Perennial delay in Melamchi is costing the govt and Kathmandu residents dear (kp 27/06/2018), Water! Water! Melamchi project (rep 27/06/2018)
Drinking water problem no longer bothers locals of Pateni, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 21/06/2018)
Repair works at Gandak Canal delayed by India, by Shankar Acharya (kp 17/06/2018)
Lifting livelihoods by lifting water: A pump invented by a young Nepali engineer has shown it can transform Nepal’s farms, by Sabina Devkota (nt 15/06/2018)
Collected rainwater elates locals of Saptari (ht 13/06/2018)
Water supply disruption leaves Dhankuta high and dry (ht 12/06/2018)
Fund collected for drinking water project in Khotang (ht 10/06/2018)
Melamchi project crawls as Italian firm dithers on job, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/06/2018), Minister Magar seeks Italian govt mediation in Melamchi deadlock (kp 08/06/2018), Team from Italy to visit Nepal to resolve delays, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 12/06/2018), Italian contractor gets 212 more days to finish work, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 15/06/2018)
Baglung bazaar water crisis may end in two years, by Sangam Gharti Magar (rep 06/06/2018)
Katari locals reeling under water shortage (ht 03/06/2018), Water crisis worsens in Katari as mercury rises, by Maheshwar Chamling Rai (rep 04/06/2018)
Rani-Jamara-Kulariya irrigation project: Farmers in Tikapur see increased productivity, by Ganesh Chaudhary (kp 01/06/2018)
Declining water sources hit livelihoods of Jumla folks, by DB Buda (rep 28/05/2018)
Water shortage in Maranthana, by Giru Prasad Bhandari (kp 25/05/2018)
Study reveals potable water rife with bacteria (kp 16/05/2018)
Kudu villagers drink polluted river water, by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 15/05/2018)
Water shortage compels villagers to defecate in forest, by Suman Malla (rep 07/05/2018)
Path to a sustainable future: Sustainable rain-water harvesting and waste-water management can alleviate drinking water scarcity, by Tsewang Nuru Sherpa (kp 01/05/2018)
Melamchi tunnel work halted (ht 01/05/2018)
Ensuring water security: MUWS best bet in hills, by Nani Raut, Smriti Gurung and Bed Mani Dahal (ht 30/04/2018)
'One home, one tap' campaign implemented in Syafru, by Himnath Devkota (rep 30/04/2018)
Chure destruction: Water sources 'disappearing' in Chure, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 28/04/2018)
Dhading folks reeling under water crisis (ht 25/04/2018)
Dream Coming True: Although it has taken almost a decade, the excavation of the Melamchi project’s tunnel has been completed (sp 20/04/2018)
Dharan reeling under water crisis (ht 15/04/2018)
Water shortage in Musahar settlement, by Shiva Puri (kp 14/04/2018)
Melamchi tunnel: Govt, donor ‘confident’ of large undertakings, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/04/2018)
Locals want their demands met before MWSP starts water supply (ht 13/04/2018)
Melamchi project: Govt rejects Italian firm’s demand for Rs1.65 billion, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 12/04/2018)
Land compensation dispute mars Babai Irrigation Project, by Nirmal Ghimire (rep 11/04/2018)
Melamchi close to breakthrough (kp 10/04/2018), Melamchi project set for breakthrough, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/04/2018), Finally, Melamchi tunnel breakthrough (ht 10/05/2018), Melamchi project hits home run: Minister pledges Valley residents water before Dashain in October, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/04/2018), Pipe dreams: Poor planning and implementation of projects has repeatedly stopped development in its tracks (kp 11/04/2018), Melamchi makes tunnel breakthrough (ht 11/04/2018), Breakthrough in 27.5 km Melamchi tunnel: Water may reach Sundarijal by July end (rep 11/04/2018), Melamchi project’s tunnel excavation completed (ht 13/04/2018)
Kathmandu to host int’l meet on water, environment this week (kp 09/04/2018), Conference on water, environment concludes with 13-point resolution (ht 13/04/2018)
Country’s first irrigation system now a ‘flood risk’, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 09/04/2018)
Melamchi water: Not a pipedream now, by Balaram Sharma Chaulagain (ht 06/04/2018)
Rainwater collection eases supply crisis: Reports indicate that water sources in hills, mountains and plains are fast vanishing, by Arjun Bhushal (reop 04/04/2018)
Govt mulls integrated water policy (kp 03/04/2018)
Melamchi tunnel breakthrough soon (ht 31/03/2018)
Rolpa’s water woes ‘disappointing’ voters, by Dinesh Subedi (rep 29/03/2018)
Water projects not on priority list of local levels in Ramechhap (ht 28/03/2018)
Water crisis hits community hospital hard (ht 26/03/2018)
Scarcity of water affects education, agriculture in Kailali village (ht 25/03/2018)
Experts discuss water-related issues (kp 24/03/2018)
Over and under the pond: It’s time we took a scientific approach to understanding the origin of water resources, by Sanita Dhaubanjar, Patrick Drown and Luna Bharati (kp 23/03/2018)
Water of the ages: The irreplaceable loss of Kathmandu Valley’s historic hiti, by Alok Siddhi Tuladhar (nt 23/03/2018)
Water crisis hits Birendranagar locals hard (ht 22/03/2018)
Water shortage halts reconstruction in Sindhuli, by Anil Bhandari (rep 22/03/2018)
Water from Sunkoshi to be diverted to Bagmati, by Shiva Puri (kp 21/03/2018)
Water shortage hits Bajura villages (ht 03/03/2018)
Water crisis getting critical in Bhaktapur, by Krishna Kishi (rep 21/02/2018)
Nepal to host int’l meet on irrigation, drainage in May (kp 11/02/2018)
Water shortage hits Halesi Tuwachung folks hard (ht 11/02/2018), Water crisis hits Khotang headquarters hard, by Daman Rai (rep 11/02/2018)
Negligence of consumer committee stalls drinking water project, by DB Budha (rep 29/01/2018)
‘80pc of Melamchi pipeline laying works completed’ (kp 27/01/2018)
Water at midnight: Water is the symbol of anything that we hope for in recent times; it is culture, memory and history, by Abhi Subedi (kp 21/01/2018)
Sikta irrigation project: Contractor’s recklessness delays canal construction, by Janak Nepal and Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 14/01/2018)
Consumers decry use of low-quality pipes in lift drinking water project (ht 13/01/2018)
The Melamchi Mess, by Swasti Gautam (rep 12/01/2018)
Irrigation facility restored in Dhading: After harvesting paddy, farmers are preparing to plant potatoes and wheat (ht 10/01/2018)
Increasing cold in mountain districts bursts water pipes, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 10/01/2018)
Bheri waters to quench thirst of Surkhet denizens (ht 08/01/2018)
Dalit villages finally get clean drinking water, by Bishnu Prasad Devkota (rep 06/01/2018)
Melamchi: 8.3km tunnel works over (kp 31/12/2017)
Put back what you pump out: Kathmandu Valley’s water table is falling fast as demand for water empties aquifers, by Sonia Awale (nt 22/12/2017)
Drinking water crisis hits rural Bajhang, by Jagat Khadka (rep 19/12/2017)
What’s
a river worth? Now is the time to implement rigorous water policies
that ensure sustainable management and long-term health of rivers, by Sanita Dhaubanjar, Patrick Drown and Emma Karki (kp 15/12/2017)
Gandak Canal likely to reopen in 3 weeks, by Shankar Acharya (kp 12/12/2017)
Melamchi struggling to meet deadline (ht 12/12/2017), Melamchi closer to breakthrough (ht 15/12/2017)
Melamchi work continued on poll day (ht 09/12/2017)
Tunnel
boring machine beats performance goal: At its current pace, the 12-km
tunnel will be completed within 15 months, and the project will be
finished before its March 2020 deadline (kp 06/12/2017)
Transit mixers stranded in Birgunj: Project officials hold public holidays and polls responsible (ht 05/12/2017)
Weak rocks reappear, hit Melamchi’s tunnel work (ht 02/12/2017)
MWSDB gearing up for second phase of Melamchi project (ht 28/11/2017)
Melamchi closer to meeting water supply target: The project is likely to start supplying water to the Valley by March (ht 26/11/2017)
Making water work Nepal has to create a proper, data-driven framework for effective water resource management, by Alaina B. Teplitz (kp 24/11/2017)
Melamchi project: Tunnel works push back deadline further, by Anup Ojha (kp 10/11/2017)
MWSP
likely to miss tunnel breakthrough deadline: At current pace, it will
take the contractor another 50 days to accomplish the task (ht 04/11/2017)
What's in for us? (nt 27/10/2017)
Melamchi water supply project: Testing of treatment plant completed (ht 27/10/2017), Tunnel excavation work still moving at a snail’s pace (ht 28/10/2017)
Melamchi
risks: Host communities will have increased expectations, especially
from ambitious projects involving inter-state transfer of water, by Devendra Gautam (rep 25/10/2017)
Siradi locals facing acute water shortage (ht 16/10/2017)
Drinking water supply scheme inaugurated (ht 15/10/2017)
Melamchi water project an open-ended mission (kp 13/10/2017), Testing of second filter cell begins (ht 13/10/2017)
Melamchi project: 95 pc tunnel excavation work completed (kp 10/10/2017), Melamchi tunnel breakthrough in December (ht 14/10/2017)
Curbing outbreaks: Drinking water supplies must be protected by treatment measures to advance public health, by Kedar Karki (kp 08/10/2017)
Govt pressured to do QC on Sikta canal, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 08/10/2017)
MWSP wasting 30m litres of water daily, by Pramod Kumar Tandan (ht 07/10/2017)
Water project brings joy to locals of Ramechhap (ht 03/10/2017)
7 drinking water projects initiated in Tehrathum (ht 02/10/2017)
Tunnel Boring For Irrigation, by Rajendra Prasad Adhikari (rn 26/09/2017)
Drinking water supply cut off for nearly three months in Saptari (ht 26/09/2017)
‘Six more months for Melamchi completion’ (kp 25/09/2017), Melamchi water supply from March 26, says contractor, by Pramod Kumar Tandan (ht 25/09/2017), 90pc pipeline laying work completed (ht 05/110/2017)
Child-friendly taps elate locals in Reugha village, by Dinesh Subedi (rep 21/09/2017)
Melamchi contractor promises tunnel breakthrough by December (ht 20/09/2017)
Melamchi water treatment plant begins test operation (ht 18/09/2017), Test operation of treatment plant to be halted (ht 20/09/2017)
Contested waters: Instead of staying aloof development partners should help strengthen Nepal's water sovereignty, by Devendra Gautam (rep 17/09/2017)
Drinking water crisis to deepen in Panchthar as project stalled, by Giriraj Baskota (rep 14/09/2017)
Melamchi to be delayed yet again (ht 06/09/2017), Melamchi water for all only over time: KUKL chief, by Khilak Budhatokhi (rep 06/09/2017)
Dreams
are far from reality: The Melamchi project might have already become a
metaphor for our inaction and failure to match aspirations, by Abhi Subedi (kp 03/09/2017)
Melamchi contractor faces fine of Rs 2.1m/day (ht 30/08/2017)
‘Melamchi tunnel breakthrough by November’ (ht 27/08/2017)
Gandak Canal suffers damage worth Rs 700m, by Shankar Acharya (kp 27/08/2017)
Not enough for everyone: Melamchi water distribution will reflect the city’s existing inequities, by Sonia Awale (nt 25/08/2017)
Pokhara residents demand clean drinking water (ht 19/08/2017)
Govt to work with local level on water supply (kp 15/08/2017)
Construction resumes at Melamchi project (kp 09/08/2017), Pay dispute could affect Melamchi project’s deadline (ht 09/08/2017)
Water supply from Melamchi likely to be delayed by six months (ht 04/08/2017)
Water shortage gets worse in Baitadi villages, by Bira Gadal (02/08/2017)
Sikta irrigation project: 13 years on, nat’l pride project still incomplete, by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 01/08/2017)
Irrigation project staffers demand commission (ht 30/07/2017)
‘Water supply, sewerage systems need restructuring’, by Rupesh Acharya (ht 23/07/2017)
Rs
12b Kailali irrigation project 70pc complete, by Ganesh Chaudhari
(kp 21/07/2017)
Handedanda
locals elated as water woes end (ht 18/07/2017)
Four-decade-old Parbat
irrigation project nears completion: Locals worried about project's
sustainability, by Chabilal Tiwari (rep 18/07/2017)
66
per cent water consumed in Valley contaminated: Even purified bottled
water contains deadly microbes, E coli and coliform (ht 15/07/2017)
Human
right to water; Revitalising Kathmandu’s ancient water system can
address issues of water insecurity, vulnerability to disasters and loss
of cultural heritage, by Olivia Molden, Nicholas Griffin and
Prakash Mani Sharma (kp 14/07/2017), ‘Achieving
access to water for all fraught with challenges’ (ht 14/07/2017)
60,000 locals of Baglung
deprived of drinking water as landslides destroy water pipes, by
Sangam Gharti Magar (rep 14/07/2017)
Rain,
rain everywhere, but not a drop to drink (ht 10/07/2017)
Drinking
water shortage in flood-hit Saptari villages (kp 07/07/2017)
Melamchi
tunnel digging delayed, by Sabin Mishra (ht 03/07/2017), Geological
difficulties slowing tunnel excavation work (ht 07/07/2017)
Drinking
water woes come to an end in Waling (ht 01/07/2017)
Dhading
village turns to deep bore-well as water sources dry (ht 30/06/2017)
All
dried up: Melamchi appears to be a ‘quick fix’ that undercuts attempts
to find equally tenable and complementary solutions, by Deepak
Thapa (kp 29/06/2017)
Water scarcity leaves
Bandipur high and dry, by Kisaan Sangit Nepali (rep 29/06/2017)
Melamchi
project set to miss Oct deadline (ht 28/06/2017)
The
parched valley: Kathmandu residents can’t pin their hopes on Melamchi,
which, when complete, will meet only one-third of the valley’s demand,
by Jayash Paudel (rep 25/06/2017)
Locals
drinking contaminated water in Charikot and its vicinity (ht
23/06/2017)
Solution
To Terai Political Dispute Primary Role of Water Resources, by A.B.
Thapa (sp 23/06/2017)
Palungtar boasts of a
new drinking water project: The project costing Rs 70 million will
benefit 900 households, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 21/06/2017)
3
workers buried to death while laying water supply pipeline (kp
15/06/2017)
Jajarkot
village reeling under acute water crisis (kp 13/06/2017)
Melamchi
unlikely to meet October deadline, by Chandan Kumar Dahal (kp
10/06/2017), Melamchi
project to conduct test run of water treatment plant from next month
(ht 12/06/2017)
Don't
wait for Melamchi: Even if there is water in your tap, it makes sense
to harvest rainwater, by Tyler Mcmahon (nt 09/06/2017)
KUKL
to build three water treatment plants in valley (kp 02/06/2017)
Gadhawa
village faces water crisis: Locals have no option than to walk across
the border to India to fetch water (kp 25/05/2017)
Majority
of Nepalis still lack access to clean and safe drinking water: Only 12
to 15 per cent people have access to safe drinking water (ht
25/05/2017)
Melamchi
set to miss third deadline (ht 19/05/2017), Second
phase of Melamchi water project begins (ht 21/05/2017)
Kummayak
villages reel under water crisis, by Shahiman Rai (kp 16/05/2017)
Melamchi
to test distribution pipelines with Bagmati water (ht 09/05/2017)
KUKL
supplying 1.5 crore litres more water daily (ht 29/04/2017)
Water
shortage halts rebuilding in Sindhupalchok, by Anup Ojha (kp
25/04/2017)
Details
sought of drainage systems connected to rivers (ht 24/04/2017)
Melamchi
project to conduct test run of water treatment plant in July: The water
treatment plant is a major component of the project which aims to
supply 170 million litres of drinking water to Kathmandu daily (kp
21/04/2017)
Triyuga
faces acute water shortage (ht 21/04/2017)
Water
sources dry up after illegal stone mining, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp
19/04/2017)
Surkhet reels under
acute drinking water shortage, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep
18/04/2017)
Jureli
villagers in Jajarkot reel under drinking water crisis, by Bhim
Bahadur Singh (kp 16/04/2017)
Call
for steps to conserve dwindling water resources (ht 14/04/2017)
Water
crunch hits Udayapur Dalit settlement (ht 11/04/2017)
Waiting
for water: Unforeseen delays in the Melamchi dream project may push
completion deadline further, by Pawan Timilsina (ht 09/04/2017)
Melamchi
project likely to meet deadline (kp 08/04/2017)
PAC
instructs MWSP to complete works on time: Water project also told to
tidy up after completing pipe installation (kp 05/04/2017), Perennial
delay: Timely completion of Melamchi project will alleviate Kathmandu’s
three problems (kp 05/04/2017)
Plan afoot to deal with
possible water crisis in Himalayas (rep 05/04/2017)
Baitadi
reeling under drinking water crisis (kp 03/04/2017)
KUKL
told to cut water supply to wilful defaulters (ht 31/03/2017)
‘Recycling
key to solving water crisis’ (ht 23/03/2017), Reuse
and recycle: For women left behind problems arising from water scarcity
and water-induced disasters make them more vulnerable, by Pranita
Bhushan Udas (rep 23/03/2017)
Bajhang Locals forced to
drink dirty river water, by Jagat Khadka (rep 23/03/2017)
KUKL's revenue down by
Rs 82 million (rep 23/03/2017)
Tumultuous
chapter in KUKL closes with Basnet’s resignation: Nepal Chamber of
Commerce to send new member to represent the private sector, by
Rupak D. Sharma (kp 22/03/2017)
Govt
to take steps to protect water sources (ht 20/03/2017), Save
water sources: The catchment areas should be protected from human
encroachment in the endeavor for sustaining water supply systems
(ht 21/03/2017)
Pre-construction
work of Bheri-Babai project set for mid-July completion, by Prakash
Adhikari (kp 19/03/2017)
Govt
begins categorising quality of water (ht 18/03/2017)
Ghanashyam Bhattarai
elected KUKL Chairman (rep 18/03/2017)
Melamchi
gets USD 3m to expedite tunnel work (ht 13/03/2017)
Snow-fed
ponds to irrigate fields (ht 10/03/2017)
Melamchi
not a mirage anymore, by Sonia Awale (nt 10/03/2017)
KUKL
board to elect new chairman next week: The board will elect a new
chairman to replace Suresh Basnet, who has lost the support of most of
the staff and board members because of his high-handed attitude (kp
09/03/2017), At
long last: KUKL needs a competent chairperson to bring about
much-needed reform (kp 10/03/2017)
Water
supply, sanitation coverage remains stagnant (ht 09/03/2017), Water
coverage: Questions of the levels of improved water supply and
sanitation remain, as regards quality, quantity and regularity (ht
10/03/2017)
66
water projects incomplete for want of budget, by Agandhar Tiwari
(kp 07/03/2017)
KUKL to raise paid-up
capital to Rs 100 million (rep 06/03/2017)
Salleri
locals forced to drink unsafe water (kp 05/03/2017)
KUKL refuses to respond
to RTI petition (rep 02/03/2017)
Water
crisis prompts exodus, by Shyam Rai (ht 02/03/2017)
Harvesting
rainwater: All households should be required to harvest rainwater. The
government should also build small-scale reservoirs in the surrounding
hills of the Valley (ht 28/02/2017)
Lalitpur
folks lead the way in water conservation (ht 27/02/2017)
Melamchi
struggling to meet deadline (kp 26/02/2017)
Schools
in Ilam reeling under acute water shortage (ht 25/02/2017)
Chure destruction: Water
sources fast drying up, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 20/02/2017)
Melamchi
project: Distribution system to be built in four months (ht
18/02/2017)
No
pipe dream: With a hurdle of KUKL sorted out, efficient supply of
Melamchi water looks possible (kp 16/02/2017)
Water
quality to be monitored (ht 15/02/2017)
KUKL imposes water tariff
without supplying water! (kp 13/02/2017)
KUKL employees demand
resignation of Chairman Basnet: Basnet says ADB wants his ouster
(rep 13/02/2017), Unpopular
KUKL chair withdraws court cases (kp 17/02/2017)
Village
folk in Parbat take the lottery route to fill water, by Agandhar
Tiwari (kp 12/02/2017)
Off
the deep end: As dust plumes from the Melamchi drinking water project
continue to choke the Capital and its residents, it is, perhaps,
ironic that existing traditional water infrastructures remain ignored
and in varying states of disrepair, by Astha Joshi (kp 11/02/2017)
DoWSS
to launch 41 drinking projects (kp 10/02/2017)
MoWSS
seeks Rs 310m to repair water pipelines (kp 04/02/2017)
KUKL
chairman agrees to withdraw court case: Move paves way for company to
elect new head right after holding AGM on March 5, by Rupak D.
Sharma (kp 04/02/2017)
Business
licence for water tankers to be compulsory (ht 03/02/2017)
Ductile
iron pipes spanning 37km installed so far: MWSP (kp 02/02/2017)
Price
of priceless water: Explore market, by Harihar Guragain (ht
30/01/2017)
Melamchi
likely to miss deadline for supplying water (ht 29/01/2017), Melamchi pipe laying work
creates traffic snarls in Valley (rep 31/01/2017)
Water
from Melamchi: 90 percent construction of five reservoirs completed,
by Anup Ojha (kp 26/01/2017)
About Rs 31 billion spent
on Melamchi Project, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 21/01/2017)
2,700
tube wells installed in 12 Tarai districts (kp 20/01/2017)
Nepal-Bharat
Maitri Irrigation Project inaugurated (ht 20/01/2017)
Mismanaged
KUKL: The organisation needs an urgent overhaul to ensure efficient
distribution of Melamchi water, by Chandan Sapkota (kp 17/01/2017)
Govt
unlikely to meet water supply target (ht 14/01/2017)
Access
to drinking water: House panel asks govt to devise a detailed plan
(kp 11/01/2017)
Water
crisis: Formidable challenges, by Surendra Bahadur Sijapati (ht
09/01/2017)
Govt
considers offering KUKL’s shares to public: Proposes appointing senior
official as chairman by removing Suresh Basnet, by Rupak D. Sharma
(kp 09/01/2017)
KUKL chief's court case
affects Melamchi water distribution work (rep 07/01/2017)
Water
project nears completion (kp 06/01/2017)
Recharging
the Mountains: As natural springs dry up, more families are selling
their land and moving out of the mid-hills of Nepal, by Sonia Awale
(nt 06/01/2017), H2O:
How to rehydrate Nepal’s thirsty villages (nt 06/01/2017)
Water
tanker operators doing brisk business in quake-hit Salyantar, by
Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 03/01/2017)
Better
irrigation: A recently introduced technology can help in the effective
utilisation of Nepal’s water resources, by Sanjib Chaudhary and
Ganesh Ram Sinkemana (kp 01/01/2016)
Rs
4b for Pokhara water project (kp 30/12/2016)
Water
woes: Water storage projects are necessary to tackle the approaching
water crisis in South Asia, by Shital Babu Regmee (kp 30/12/2016)
Breakthrough
in 22km Melamchi tunnel, by Bibek Subedi (kp 29/12/2016), Key
first section of Melamchi water tunnel completed (ht 29/12/2016), Why it took 23 years to
dig 22 km tunnel: Expert suggests setting up independent inquiry,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 31/12/2016)
Water shortage further
punishes quake victims, by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep 29/12/2016)
Melamchi pipeline may not
sustain earthquakes of higher intensity: Report, by Rudra Pangeni
(rep 28/12/2016)
Listen
to the experts: Nepal should harness water resources and cash in on its
proximity to India and China, by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 27/12/2016)
Pancheshwar
DPR to be finalised next Feb (kp 27/12/2016)
Harvest
rainwater: The government can identify various locations where a number
of reservoirs can be built not only for drinking purposes but also for
irrigation and recreation (ht 20/12/2016)
Kavre
villages revive dry springs (ht 19/12/2016)
KUKL water supply system
to go hi-tech (rep 19/12/2016)
‘Basic
drinking water supplies across country in two years’ (kp 18/12/2016)
Water
scarcity hits Triyuga (ht 17/12/2016)
Court
hearing deferral allows controversial KUKL chair to retain his post,
bdy Rupak D. Sharma (kp 14/12/2016), KUKL
chair’s conduct prompts govt to take regressive step, by Rupak D.
Sharma (kp 15/12/2016)
ADB
steps up efforts to begin Melamchi II (kp 09/12/2016)
Chepangs
submit memo to lawmaker (ht 09/12/2016)
Dispute
causes water crisis in Dhading (ht 05/12/2016)
First
the good news about Melamchi: Water from Melamchi will finally flow out
of Kathmandu taps, but not everywhere, by Om Astha Rai (nt
02/12/2016)
Water
crisis hits school kids hard in Ramechhap (ht 30/11/2016)
KUKL
efficacy in doubt: Completion of Melamchi project may not translate to
respite from water-related woes with decisions pending (ht
30/11/2016)
Water
shortage hits Bajura locals hard (ht 26/11/2016)
Chasing Warter: From
shortage to sustainability, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 25/11/2016)
MPs
against unchecked groundwater extraction (kp 25/11/2016)
When every drop counts,
by Simrika Sharma (rep 25/11/2016)
Water
shortage in Rukumkot, by Hari Gautam (kp 24/11/2016)
Melamchi
project completes 64 per cent work in installing pipeline (ht
20/11/2016)
Excess
quarrying threat to irrigation projects in Jhapa: Quarry operators have
been found breaching the extraction limit of 877,176 cubic metres
(kp 15/11/2016)
My
water, your water: Good laws need to be made to avert possible
conflicts between the states over water; As Nepal is finalising the
boundaries of the proposed federal states, we need to be thoughtful and
smart to avoid the kind of water-related disputes that have been
taking place in our neighbouring countries, by Chandra Lal Pandey
(kp 15/11/2016)
KUKL
in a shambles as water is channelled from Melamchi: Fears of
mismanagement in supply even after Melamchi water gushes to Valley,
thanks to the KUKL board that delays decisions crucial for improving
service, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 07/11/2016), Discouraging
sign: Dire state of KUKL dampens hopes of people for smooth water supply
(kp 08/11/2016)
Water,
sanitation projects launched (ht 05/11/2016)
Melamchi
project given 2017 deadline (kp 25/10/2016)
High
and dry: Cities in the foothills of the snowy Himalaya ironically
suffer from water shortages, by Hemant Ojha (kp 21/10/2016)
Work
on Bheri-Babai Multipurpose Project gathers momentum (ht 21/10/2016)
Udayapur district reels
under water scarcity, by Mahesh Kumar Paudel (rep 20/10/2016)
73
per cent works on Melamchi tunnel boring completed (ht 14/10/2016)
Bhirkot
locals seek end to water woes (ht 08/10/2016)
Bill
proposes to impose service charge on irrigation: The existing
regulation allows the consumer committees to raise fees from farmers
for maintenance of irrigation system (kp 02/10/2016)
Urban
water crisis: Nepal does not lack water but the wisdom to manage it
effectively and efficiently, by Sun Xi (kp 29/09/2016)
Sikta
irrigation project: Damaged canal section repaired (kp 29/09/2016)
Land
attachment for Melamchi Project hassling Katunje locals (kp
13/09/2016)
Melamchi
drinking water project: Tunnel work likely to be completed by June 2017,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 11/09/2016)
Chepangs
living on rainwater in Dhading (kp 09/09/2016)
Dipayal
locals reeling under water crisis (ht 06/09/2016)
Kalikot
drinking water projects in state of disrepair, by Tularam Pandey
(kp 18/08/2016)
Ramechhap
parched in monsoon, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 09/08/2016)
Pokhara
facing water crisis (kp 08/08/2016)
270
million litres water per day in Valley: Completion of Melamchi project
could bring 100 litres per household, each day (ht 02/08/2016),
Melamchi project unlikely
to meet increasing water demand in Valley (ht 05/08/2016)
Bheri-Babai
project being rushed to meet deadline, by Prakash Adhikari (kp
28/07/2016)
Water
supply brings joy (kp 24/07/2016)
Prolonged
drought in Jajarkot triggers exodus (ht 23/07/2016)
Okhaldhunga
faces drinking water crisis (ht 17/07/2016)
Water
supply from Melamchi might be too little, too late, by Pramod Kumar
Tandan (kp 12/07/2016)
Illegal
land occupation sparks water scarcity, by Durgalal KC (kp
03/07/2016)
Sikta irrigation canal
crumbles during trial run, by Arjun Oli (rep 29/06/2016), 'Use
of substandard materials led to collapse of canal', by Arjun Oli
(rep 30/06/2016), Trial
and failure: Big infrastructure should be prevented from becoming a
Damocles sword (kp 01/07/2016)
Despite
rains, water crisis remains in Valley, by Pramod Kumar Tandan (ht
26/06/2016), Water
shortage (ht 27/06/2016)
Water
crisis triggers exodus of villagers, by Jaya Ram Gautam (ht
19/06/2016)
Water
scarcity causes exodus in Doti village, by Mohan Shahi (kp
08/06/2016)
Bhojpur
reeling under water shortage (kp 04/06/2016)
Kurule
tenupa: A village in eastern Nepal is emptying because it is just too
difficult to find water, by Kishor Sharma (nt 03/06/2016)
Locals
drink polluted water as authorities fail to fix damaged pipelines,
by Yoges Rawal (rep 01/06/2016)
Unpaid,
Babai levee workers warn of strike: Water Induced Disaster Control
Office in Bardiya has not paid the workers involved in embankment
project in three months, by Kamal Panthi (kp 31/05/2016)
Mountain
people: The government should declare Karnali as a drought-prone area
and adopt policies and programmes suitable for the region, by Geeta
Pandedy (kp 31/05/2016)
Melamchi
project to be completed in 16 months (ht 30/05/2016)
Rs
5.9b for improving water supply in Valley (kp 29/05/2016)
Entire
settlement relocated after drinking water crisis: Water resources have
dried up due to prolonged drought and low snowfall in the region
(kp 29/05/2016)
Achham
folks reeling under water crisis (ht 28/05/2016)
Who
owns water? Commercial sale of water without a license is illegal.
Similarly, no one, not even a community, can occupy or hold any portion
of water, by Surya Nath Upadhyay (rep 28/05/2016)
Long
walk to recovery: Last year’s quakes seem to have exacerbated Nepal’s
water crisis, by Heema Rai (kp 22/05/2016)
Lack
of rainfall fuels drinking water crisis, by Madhav Aryal (kp
17/05/2016)
Water
crisis: The Valley has witnessed the population growth geometrically
every time the country witnessed major political upheavals since the
1990s (ht 17/05/2016)
Water
crisis may persist for a decade, by Pramod Kumar Tandan (ht
16/05/2016) [And why should it stop after a
decade??]
Worsening
water crisis affects about 30,000 locals, by Dhurba Dangal (rep
16(/05/2016)
Salyan
folk left high and dry, by Biplav Maharjan (kp 15/05/2016)
Valley
groundwater level drastically down: Over-exploitation of natural
resources has led to falling of levels up to 10 metres in some places,
by Pramof Kumar Tandan (ht 12/05/2016), Alarming
decline (ht 13/05/2016)
Tapping
water: Most irrigation systems in Nepal are fed by small and medium
rivers that depend on rains, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep 10/05/2016)
Tansen
reeling under water shortage (ht 08/05/2016)
Drought
halts water projects in Bajhang (kp 05/05/2016)
Dhading
water scarcity hits displaced families most, by Harihar Singh
Rathour (kp 04/05/2016)
Tap
water: Piped gas may be a distant dream, but piped water shouldn’t have
to be (kp 04/05/2016)
Water
getting more scarce for Valley folk (kp 03/05/2016)
Water
crisis in Bhaktapur (kp 02/05/2016)
Water
sources drying up (ht 02/05/2016)
Melamchi
drinking water project: Tunnel to complete ‘within a year’, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 01/05/2016)
Water
crisis deepens in Kathmandy valley (rep 30/04/2016), Dry
spell grips Karnali, by DB Buda (rep 30/04/2016), Excessive
land mining at Chure causes water sources to dry up, by Mithilesh
Yadav (rep 30/04/2016)
Water
sources dry up in Jajarkot, by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 28/04/2016)
Water
shortage hits Tikapur, by Yogesh Rawal (rep 28/04/2016)
Water
crisis hits Udayapur hard (ht 27/04/2016)
Pvt
water suppliers fleece consumers as water woes deepens, by Sagar
Ghimire and Santosh Neupane (rep 26/04/2016)
Severe
water crunch hits Hetauda (ht 24/04/2016)
Water
shortage adds to hardship of quake survivors (kp 24/04/2016)
Gulmi
villages parched as water sources dry up, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp
23/04/2016)
Water
crisis hits eastern region (rep 23/04/2016)
No
homes no water: The earthquake has disrupted aquifers, making this dry
season’s water scarcity much more acute, by Sahina Shrestha (nt
22/04/2016)
Northern
Mahottari villages reel under water crunch: Rampant exploitation of
Chure partly blamed, by Mahesh Kumar Das (rep 20/04/2016)
Water
woes in Parbat: Schoolchildren return home with water for the family,
by Chhabilal Tiweari (rep 18/04/2016)
Water
sources drying up fast in hills, Tarai, by Amar Khadka and Dhruba
Dangal (rep 18/04/2016)
Far
West water sources dry up in worst drougth: Many lakes on the foothills
of the Mahabharat range go dry, causing drinking water scarcity, by
DR Panta (kp 16/04/2016)
Tapping
water: For a country dependent on agriculture, a reactive irrigation
policy is dangerous (kp 15/04/2016)
Protest
blocks Butwal drinking water project, by Amrita Anmol (kp
07/04/2016)
Over
dozen Dhankuta VDCs reeling under water crisis, by Siddharaj Rai
(rep 06/04/2016)
Rs22b
irrigation scheme for Tarai-Madhes planned (kp 02/04/2016)
Melamchi
drinking water project: ADB expresses interest in funding second phase
(kp 29/03/2016), Coming
true: At one time Malamchi had become a butt of jokes. Now it is a very
real prospect, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep 31/03/2016)
Mugu
parched as prolonged drought dries water sources, by Raj Bahadur
Shahi (kp 28/03/2016)
Missed
opportunities: A forced levy on public toilets can only drive the poor
to nearest and most convenient open space, by Shyam KC (kp
25/03/2016)
Stone
water spouts in capital going dry, by Sanskriti Acharya (rep
25/03/2016)
In
deep waters: Ensuring universal access to water in Nepal calls for
out-of-the-box thinking (kp 22/03/2016), Addressing
water scarcity: The recent drying-up of springs is menacing the
livelihood of communities in the middle hills, by Santosh Nepal and
Nilhari Neupane (kp 22/03/2016), ‘Safe
water must for healthy life’ (ht 23/03/2016)
No
water at the end of Melamchi tunnel, by Gaurav Thapa (kp 21/03/2016)
Dadeldhura
water projects sitting idle (ht 21/03/2016)
Master
plan on Water resources ‘ready’ (kp 18/03/2016)
Going
with the flow: orld Water Day on 22 March must be an occasion to
preserve Kathmandu's ancient waterspouts, by Liew Yu Wei (ht
18/03/2016)
Watered
down: Is water no more one of the key issues between Nepal and India?,
by Navin Singh Khadka (kp 18/03/2016)
Water
shortage hits Phakel VDC locals hard (ht 15/03/2016)
Untapped
water: If water is not used for electricity generation and agricultural
production, the benefits are lost forever, by Asit K. Biswas and
Cecilia Tortajada (kp 14/03/2016)
Quake,
dry spell worsen Valley’s water woes: Prolonged power outages hit
200,000 households supplied by the KUKL (kp 12/03/2016)
Acute
water crisis in Bhojpur Municipality (ht 12/03/2016)
325
water sources of quake-hit 14 districts dried up, by Arjun Poudel
(rep 12/03/2016)
Tube
well demand soars as irrigation project falls short, by Binod
Bhandari (kp 11/03/2016)
How
WASH services can bring prosperity to communities, by Sagar Ghimire
(rep 09/03/2016)
Water
crunch hits Dadeldhura (ht 01/03/2016)
Water
supply project obstructed (ht 26/02/2016)
Khotang
locals reeling under water shortage (ht 26/02/2016)
Women
prefer to avoid Kathmandu's public toilets, by Isha Pandey (rep
18/02/2016)
‘Govt
committed to meeting water demand’ (ht 14/02/2016)
‘Vested
interest in Rs 90m maintenance bill behind Melamchi pipeline delay’,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 13/02/2016)
Govt
to classify water supplied by tanker (kp 02/02/2016)
Ramechhap
locals reeling under water crisis (ht 31/01/2016)
Acute
shortage of water taking its toll on Silgadi folks (ht 25/01/2016)
Lalitpur
to turn to stone spouts: If managed well, traditional taps could meet
27 pc of daily demand, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 16/01/2016)
Water
crisis in Gorkha school (kp 16/01/2016)
Drought
deepens drinking water crisis in Mugu, by Suman Malla (rep
04/01/2016)
Delay-plagued
Melamchi project hits another snag, by Anup Oja (kp 22/12/2015)
Barrage
to be built on Sapta Koshi, by Abadesh Kumar Jha (kp 19/12/2015)
Drinking
water crunch in Baireni (ht 01/12/2015)
No
place called home: Without water, people will continue to migrate
elsewhere in search of employment, by Priyanie Amerasinghe and
Fraser Sugden (kp 22/11/2015)
Toilet
talk: We need to break the silence and talk about our defecation habits
and how they affect our everyday life, by Bicram Rijal (kp
19/11/2015)
Lift
irrigation project to benefit affected locals, by Motilal Poudel
(kp 27/10/2015)
Water
shortage hits Rina Bazaar (ht 26/10/2015)
Harnessing
water: A holistic approach is needed to build the resilience of
communities to climate change, by Jagadish C. Baral (kp 25/10/2015)
Fuel
shortage hits water supply in Valley (ht 10/10/2015)
Dhading
village reeling under water scarcity for months (ht 25/09/2015)
Single
women build water supply project, by Pratichya Dulal (kp 21/09/2015)
Melamchi
water supply project: Italian tunnel contractor ‘breaches’ pact, by
Gaurav Thapa (kp 14/09/2015), Dream
project: Government must ensure that the Melamchi Project is completed
by 2016 (kp 16/09/2015)
Stench
from leaking drainage irks public (kp 13/09/2015)
Water
project completed (ht 13/09/2015)
Out
in the open: The state should deliver sanitation services just as it
expects its citizens to build toilets, by Bicram Rijal (kp
10/09/2015)
Kathmandu
metro to test drinking water, by Thomas Bogaty (ht 08/09/2015)
Two
paradoxes: Assessing irrigation projects just in terms of cost and
benefit could marginalise the poor, by Jagadish C. Baral (kp
06/09/2015)
Melamchi
project: 40pc of work completed (kp 27/08/2015), Melamchi
project completes installing 40 pc pipeline in capital (rep
29/08/2015), Half
of Melamchi waters 'to be used’ for Bagmati regeneration , by
Gaurav Thapa (kp 31/08/2015)
Rupandehi
irrigation project faces closure, by Amrita Anmol (kp 27/08/2015)
Tap
the rain: Water problems in Kathmandu Valley have been compounded due
to our inability to use rainwater, by Uddhab Raj Pandey (rep
26/08/2015)
Under
observation: Nepal needs to invest in safe water supply systems and
sewage disposal to prevent frequent cholera outbreaks, by Prativa
Pandey (kp 21/08/2015)
Raise
investment: Lack of funding has placed water and sanitation under risk,
by Govind Shrestha (rep 13/08/2015)
Melamchi
water supply project: Treatment plant to run on overdrive, by
Gaurav Thapa (kp 10/08/2015)
Bheri-Babai
project: Work expected to end in 58 months, by Moti Lal Poudel (kp
27/07/2015)
Round-the-year
irrigation in Tarai in five years, by Sangam Prasain (kp 15/07/2015)
For
want of water: The disaster could be an opportunity to pilot
earthquake-resilient small-scale irrigation scheme designs in the hills
and plains, by Fraser Sugden and Prachanda Pradhan (kp 12/07/2015)
Two
water projects in pipeline in Surkhet (ht 12/07/2015)
Irrigation
projects damaged (ht 08/07/2015)
Chure
deforestation causes water crisis in Dadeldhura (ht 07/07/2015)
Rukum
women build irrigation canal (ht 02/07/2015)
Drinking
water projects in quake-hit districts report huge damage, by Riwaj
Rai (rep 29/06/2015)
Ageing
Sunsari-Morang irrigation line in dire straits, by Madhav Ghimire
and Binod Bhandari (kp 22/06/2015)
Jajarkot
district HQ reeling under water crisis (ht 21/06/2015)
River
pollution exacerbates water scarcity in Hetauda, by Upendra Yadav
(rep 19/06/2015)
Drinking
water shortage hits remote Dhading village, by Harihar Singh
Rathour (kp 18/06/2015)
Dipayal
reeling under water crisis (ht 09/06/2015)
Drinking
water crunch hits far-west region (ht 02/06/2015)
Govt
to infuse Rs16b in irrigation project, by Chitranga Thapa (kp
01/06/2015)
KUKL
fails to deliver water purified by German team Lack of tankers,human
resources leaving denizens thirsty, by Thomas Bogaty (ht 08/05/2015)
Water
shortage worsens in Valley after quake, by Riwaj Rai (rep
07/05/20125)
Water
crisis in Nuwakot, by Prakash Adhikari (kp 03/05/2015)
Valley’s
blocked underground water sources open up: Experts urge people not to
consume it without proper testing as that could prove detrimental,
by Thomas Bogaty (ht 01/05/2015)
Water
politics: Just as oil shaped the 20th century, water is rapidly
becoming the critical resource in the 21st century, by Vikash Raj
Satyal (rep 22/04/2015)
Constant
water shortages compel Simalgairi locals to start laying pipelines,
by Narahari Sapkota (rep 21/04/2015)
Melamchi
counter-guarantee row: Patan court rules in favour of Melamchi, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/04/2015), Banks
to appeal against order to pay counter guarantee (kp 21/04/2015), HBL,
BoK to move apex court to halt guarantee payment (ht 21/04/2014)
Rainwater
harvesting (ht 20/04/2015)
Water
crisis worsens as KUKL remains dysfunctional: Officials (kp
20/04/2015)
Population
explosion,urbanisation depleting groundwater (ht 19/04/2015)
Melamchi
project: Contractor throws board into tizzy (kp 17/04/2015)
Metropolis
officials yet to make policies on harvesting rainwater, by Gaurav
Thapa (kp 16/04/2015)
Water
economics: Scarcest critical resource, by Vikash Raj Satyal (ht
13/04/2015)
The
dry state, by Sachi Mulmi (rep 10/04/2015)
Bheri
Babai diversion project: Construction to be delayed by a year; The
Department of Irrigation said that the tunnel digging work would be
delayed as the equipment for the task had not arrived from the US,
by J. Pandey (kp 09/04/2015)
Water
crunch forces locals to migrate (ht 09/04/2015)
Sustainable
development: Water is a key element, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (ht
31/03/2015)
Balkhu
facing acute water shortage, by Anup Ojha (kp 27/03/2015)
Problem
of water shortage: Harvest rainwater, by Dinesh Kharel (ht
26/03/2015)
Call
to include right to safe water, sanitation in statute (kp
23/03/2015), Govt’s
tall claims on clean drinking water fall flat, by Nirjana Sharma
(rep 23/03/2015), Fluid
of life: There is a need to increase investment in clean drinking water
(kp 25/03/2015)
Sustainable
development: Water matters, by Jamie McGoldrick (ht 23/03/2015)
Middle
Marsyangdi project impaired by high siltation, by Aash Gurung (kp
23/03/2015)
For
want of water: The demand for water continues to increase but even
major cities are not able to meet the needs of citizens, by Arjun
Kumar Khadka (kp 22/03/2015)
Piped
water still a pipe dream: Fifteen years behind schedule, the Melamchi
Project to supply water to Kathmandu Valley is likely to be further
delayed, by Kenji Kwok (nt 20/03/2015), Going
with the flow, by Uzabi Baidar (nt 20/03/2015)
Weeklong
programme on water (ht 18/03/2015)
Discovery
of underground source offers relief to water-starved Dharan, by
Rohit Rai (rep 18/03/2015)
Kathmandu
faces faecal sludge mgmt challenge (kp 17/03/2015)
Lawmakers
pledge to ensure water, sanitation (ht 17/03/2015)
Preparations
in full swing for Water Day (kp 14/03/2015)
Consumers
divided over water project (ht 13/03/2015)
Seperation
of midhill disastrous to Nepal Terai, by A.B. Thapa (sp 06/03/2015)
Lift
irrigation system planned for uplands: A preliminary survey has been
started with the aim of irrigating more than 30 dry areas along the
Tamor River (kp 03/03/2015)
Why Focus On Small Scale
Irrigation Systems, by Prachanda Pradhan (rn 27/02/2015)
Pancheshwar
loses momentum (rep 26/02/2015)
Water
pipe installation: House panel wants ‘less damage’ to road surface
(kp 24/02/2015)
Eco-friendly
toilet fails to impress, by Gaurav Thapa (kp 19/02/2015)
Water
crisis hits historical Udayapur village hard (ht 13/02/2015)
Melamchi
water project: Pipe, road works to go in tandem (kp 11/02/2015)
Families
leaving village due to water crisis (ht 30/01/2015)
KMC:
Melamchi project failed to repair roads (kp 29/01/2015)
Melamchi
project faces setback, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/01/2015)
Toilet
construction drive picks up pace in Dolakha, by Rajendra Manandhar
(kp 25/01/2015)
ODF
zone sans single toilet (ht 23/01/2015)
Construction
of Sikta canal to begin (kp 19/01/2015), Sikta
Irrigation Project deadline deferred to mid-2019, by Rudra Khadka
(rep 22/01/2015)
Open
defecation free in name only, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 19/01/2015)
Acute
water shortage hits locals hard (ht 16/01/2015)
Sanitation,
Justice And Development, by Bishesh Aryal (sp 16/01/2015)
Plans
afoot to replace water pipelines in Biratnagar, by Binod Subedi
(rep 15/01/2015)
Water
crisis hits ODF zone plan in Doti (ht 12/01/2015)
Knowing The Quality
Before Drinking, by Jeevan K. Prasain (rn 09/01/2015)
Govt
steps up sanitation drive in Tarai districts, by Suresh Yadav (rep
03/01/2015)
Folks
in Bajura facing acute shortage of drinking water (ht 02/01/2015)
Koshi
basin cooperation: The way of optimizing benefits, by Y.B. Thapa
(ht 02/01/2015)
Bheri-Babai
project: Tunnel works to start within two months (kp 30/12/2014)
Thirsty
Capital loses ancient taps to construction (kp 29/12/2014)
Doti
locals reeling under water crisis Shortage has affected hygiene,
sanitation and encouraged open defecation (ht 28/12/2014)
Disabled-friendly
toilets to be built in capital (ht 27/12/2014)
Melamchi’s
tunnel vision: Less than two years remains for the completion of the
27.5 km Melamchi tunnel; only 9.9 km has been completed so far; Could
this mean the project is headed for another delay? (kp
23/12/2014), Groundwork:
Laying the water main for the much-awaited project without causing a
major distrubance to the Valley’s road network is a matter of striking
a right balance, by Sanik Kharel (kp 23/12/2014), Timely
completion possible if work keeps up current pace, interview with
Ghanashyam Bhattarai (kp 23/12/2014), From
trickle to torrent: KUKL requires a qualified and capable manager to
effectively deliver safe and potable water to the Valley residents,
by Pramesh K.C. (kp 23/12/2014), House
committee submits report on Melamchi project (rep 25/12/2014)
Stakeholders
call for ensuring WASH rights of every citizen (ht 18/12/2014)
Thousands
dig irrigation canals in century-old tradition, by Dil Bahadur
Chhatyal (rep 18/12/2014)
Construction
delay renders water projects inoperable, by Lawadev Dhungana (kp
14/12/2014)
Losing
the war: Toxic levels of arsenic in Nepal’s water supply can lead to
the rise of even ‘stronger’ superbugs, by Brian Beard (kp
14/12/2014)
Biratnagar
residents complain of contaminated water supply, by Abdhesh Kumar
Jha (kp 14/12/2014)
KUKL-JICA
to collaborate to curb drinking water leakage (rep 11/12/2014)
Right
to sanitation: Clarion call (sp 05/12/2014)
New
Irrigation Bill for better mgmt of sector, by Sangam Prasain (kp
05/12/2014)
Whose
water? The process of negotiations between the up and down stream
communities should be stalked out, by Kamal Devkota (rep 25/11/2014)
Melamchi
water unlikely to reach Kathmandu by mid-April 2016: Officials not
satisfied with contractor's work performance, by Dhruba Dangal (rep
24/11/2014)
Doti
likely to miss deadline todeclare the district ODF zone (ht
23/11/2014)
Look
south: To meet sanitation goals by 2017, Nepal needs to focus on the
Tarai (kp 21/11/2014)
30pc
Nepalis defecate out in open, by Pragati Shahi (kp 20/11/2014), Basic
sanitation one of country’s greatest unmet challenges (ht
20/11/2014)
Locals
deprived of clean drinking water for years (ht 20/11/2014)
Water
crunch hits Simle of Udaypur (ht 17/11/2014)
Inheritance
of duty, by Sewa Bhattarai (rep 14/11/2014)
Melamchi
project: Govt told to complete project within May 2016 (kp
13/11/2014), House
committee for timely completion of Melamchi project (rep
13/11/2014), House
committee seeks more water projects (ht 13/11/2014)
Toilets
for all, by Michael Rosencrantz (rep 13/11/2014)
Struggle
of a Small Town for Water: Bidur Municipality has over a dozen water
users committees that manage one or more sources, by Ngamindra
Dahal (sp 07/11/2014)
Valley
s groundwater: Gloomy future ahead, by Dipendra Gautam (ht
07/11/2014)
191
families get access to safe water in Baglung, by Lal Prasad Sharma
and Prakash Baral (kp 31/10/2014)
IWA
Specialist Conference begins (ht 28/10/2014)
Waterway
to democracy: Water does not just provide life, it also ensures genuine
development, by Prabin Kumar (kp 24/10/2014)
Experts
call for eco-friendly water infrastructures (rep 16/10/2014)
Saptari
irrigation canals await maintenance (kp 11/10/2014)
31.77pc
of Melamchi project complete (ht 09/10/2014)
Water
crisis in Sindhuli VDCs: Question looms over open defecation free zone
declaration (ht 07/10/2014)
Murky
water troubles Khandbari locals (kp 25/09/2014)
Melamchi
tunnel construction: Contractor told to have own crusher (kp
23/09/2014)
Project
on groundwater use launched (kp 18/09/2014), Research
begins on groundwater use (kp 19/09/2014)
Toilets
mandatory to access electricity, subsidised rice (ht 17/09/2014)
Struggle
of a Small Town for Water, by Ngamindra Dahal (sp 12/09/2014)
Water
crunch hits Bhojpur folks hard (ht 08/09/2014)
Water
Corporation fails to recover millions in tariff (ht 04/09/2014)
Talking
about toilets: Toilet construction drive brought better sanitation but
seems to have ignored some fundamental aspects, by Deepak Thapa (kp
28/08/2014)
Dhobis
struggle as waterspouts dry up, by Dipak Bayalkoti (kp 22/08/2014)
Melamchi
water supply project will complete by mid-2016: ADB veep (rep
16/08/2014)
KMC
struggles to run safe water campaign (ht 14/08/2014)
Running
water: Nepal should reserve the right to use fresh water runoffs for
irrigation while signing the PTA with India, by Prakash Bom (kp
06/08/2014)
Drinking
water projects incomplete, by Madhav Aryal (kp 02/08/2014)
KMC
to build new toilet in Kathmandu Durbar Square area (ht 27/07/2014)
Water
woes impact Hetauda (ht 27/07/2014)
Valley
house owners asked to build septic tanks, by Samik Kharel (kp
17/07/2014)
Water
distribution: KUKL releases new schedule, by Chahana Sigdel (kp
16/07/2014)
Lake
city reeling under water crisis (ht 15/07/2014)
Bring
drinking water supply under single auhority: experts (rep
12/07/2014)
Melamchi
water: Not a dream, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (ht 09/07/2014)
Health
concerns without proper sewerage system, by Pragati Shahi (kp
08/07/2014)
Treading
water: It is important for the water discourse to converge at the
borders rather than between capital cities, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
08/07/2014)
Water
crisis in Doti village after youths vandalise tank (ht 06/07/2014)
KUKL
unveils new water distribution schedule (rep 05/07/2014)
Water
paucity mars ODF declaration (ht 04/07/2014)
Call
of nature? Kathmandu lacks answer: Has one public toilet for about
65,000 people, by Kritagya Regmi (ht 03/07/2014)
Water,
water nowhere: As an indispensable resource that is becoming
increasingly scarce, water could potentially be a source of conflict,
by Rahul Karki (kp 01/07/2014)
Work
on Sikta Irrigation Project resumes (kp 19/06/2014)
Sanitation
for all: Regional cooperation and better policy will reduce
inequalities for sanitation coverage, by Jhabindra Bhandari (kp
17/06/2014)
KUKL
mulls new action plan to improve water supply in Valley (ht
11/06/2014)
Govt
demolishes illegal houses affecting irrigation (kp 10/06/2014)
Local
resistance putswater project in limbo (ht 09/06/2014)
So
much depends on it: The poor management of the government-owned
drinking-water supply system, and the lack of the big water-supply
project, has forced people in certain parts of the valley to depend
more and more on traditional systems of water supply, by Pragati
Shahi (kp 07/06/2014)
Water
crisis acute in Khotang villages: Locals say sources of water dried up
in six VDCs, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp 01/06/2014)
VDC
denies services to 1,000 households without toilets (kp 29/05/2014)
Where
people trek 14 km for water (ht 29/05/2014)
All
houses in Bajura villages have toilets (ht 29/05/2014)
Baglung,
Sarlahi folks grapple with acute shortage of water, by Prakash
Baral and Aman Koirala (kp 28/05/2014), Doti
grapples with water crisis (ht 28/05/2014)
Locals
pay for water that does not flow (ht 27/05/2014)
Water
from Melamchi no longer far-fetched dream: With mega project firing on
all cylinders, officials say water will flow to capital within two years,
by Dhruba Dangal (rep 27/05/2014)
Bhojpur
village to spend all budget in toilet construction, by Shahi Man
Rai (kp 25/05/2014)
Villagers
no longer use toilets, by Pratap Bista (kp 25/05/2014)
Water
projects everywhere but not a drop will flow (ht 20/05/2014), Water
crisis in far-west hills (ht 21/05/2014)
Water
crunch hits Kamalakhoch VDCs (ht 20/05/2014)
Doti
not ready to be declared ODF zone (ht 20/05/2014)
Drinking
water gets scarce (ht 16/05/2014)
Banganga
irrigation works in sorry state since years, by Kiranman
Bajracharya (rep 14/05/2014)
KUKL,
KDVA trade blame for water shortage, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep
13/05/2014)
Water
crisis grips VDCs in Khotang (ht 12/05/2014)
Govt
makes septic tank mandatory for all buildings, by Anil Giri (kp
10/05/2014)
Colonization
of Water Resources, by Ratna Sansar Shrestha (sp 09/05/2014)
Empty
pitchers to protest water woes (ht 05/05/2014)
TU
colleges ‘fail’ to manage campus toilets (kp 04/05/2014)
Scarcity
of drinking water hits 3,000 folks (ht 03/05/2014)
Water
crunch hits Sindhuli, Damauli (ht 02/05/2014)
Fate
of Surkhet irrigation project uncertain (ht 02/05/2014)
Water
shortage grips Palpa village, by Madhav Aryal (kp 01/05/2014)
Pumping
plant to end Damauli water woes (kp 30/04/2014)
Next
to godliness: Commitment from all stakeholders is needed to
achieve sanitation for all by 2017, by Ganga Datta Nepal (kp
27/04/2014)
55
years after initiation, Pinguwa irrigation project still incomplete,
by Chandra Karki (kp 26/04/2014)
Sulabh
Sauchalaya to begin toilet construction from Pashupati area (kp
26/04/2014), Sulabh
toilets coming to Nepal (ht 26/04/2014)
Budget
crunch hits drinking water project in Udayapur (ht 25/04/2014)
Water
supply cut in Nepalgunj (ht 22/04/2014)
Water
crunch hits Chainpur (ht 21/04/2014)
Melamchi
project to gain pace from June (rep 21/04/2014)
Dhankuta
village reels under water shortage (ht 20/04/2014)
Access
to water, toilets to all by ’30 (ht 18/04/2014), Nepal
pledges basic toilets for all by 2017 (rep 18/04/2014)
Water
crunch hits Rautahat people (ht 14/04/2014)
Ramechhap
folks reel under acute water shortage, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp
13/04/2014)
KUKL
set to dig reconstructed roads of Kathmandu, by Pratibha Rawal (rep
13/04/2014)
Melamchi
water project: Consultants take away 34pc money (kp 12/04/2014)
Govt
plans to manage Melamchi water: Government plans to improve reservoirs,
refurbish distribution network and enhance supply capacity
(kp 03/04/2014)
Irrigation
projects nowhere near completion (ht 01/04/2014)
Siraha
villages reeling under acute water shortage (rep 29/03/2014)
Sindhuli
streams ‘begging bowls’ for making fast bucks, by Min Kumar Dahal
(ht 27/03/2014)
‘There’s
more to water than electricity’, by Pragati Shahi (kp 25/03/2014), 7
years on, KUKL customers far away from point of service, by Samik
Kharel (kp 25/03/2014), Aggravated
water
crisis looms in valley, by Basant Sharma (ht 25/03/2014)
Sanitation
problem grave in cities: n urban areas, access to toilet is often not
the problem but the management of fecal sludge is very crucial (kp
25/03/2014)
Four
schools feted for proper sanitation (ht 23/03/2014)
Constitution
to ensure right to clean water, sanitation (ht 23/03/2014)
Govt's
measures to resolve water woes ineffective (rep 23/03/2014)
Water
Access Brings Joy: Some 35 families, including Chandra’s, provided
their labour and worked for a period of around 50 days, by Alina R.
Shrestha (sp 21/03/2014)
Sound
water resources management: Working together is necessary, by Peter
W. Bodde (ht 21/03/2014)
What
to do while waiting for the Melamchi mirage?, by Bhrikuti Rai (nt
21/03/2014)
Disabled-friendly
toilets sought (ht 19/03/2014)
38pc
households lack toilets in Parsa, by Bhushan Yadav (kp 16/03/2014)
Plan
to up water treatment efficacy (kp 13/03/2014)
KUKL
plans schedule to ration water: Consumers will be able to access the
water supply schedule on the KUKL website, by Samik Kharel (kp
10/03/2014), KUKL
fails to keep its word on supply schedule, by Samik Kharel (kp
24/03/2014))
Govt
secretariat poor in terms of cleanliness (ht 09/03/2014)
With
no drinking water access, locals move to river bank, by Madhusudan
Guragain (rep 09/03/2014)
Melamchi
hits rough weather yet again: Italian contractor runs two weeks behind
schedule, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 09/03/2014), Pipe
dream: Water scarcity in Kathmandu (rep 11/03/2014), 35
metre tunnel built in a month (kp 15/03/2014)
Severe
water crisis hits Jagannath VDC in Bajura (ht 07/03/2014)
Water
tops list of demands (ht 06/03/2014)
Rolpa
folks turn against district's poor hygiene, by Hira Bahadur Gharti
Magar (rep 01/03/2014)
Water
shortage acute in Tansen, by Madhav Aryal (kp 28/02/2014)
Sewer
lines to be laid along Bagmati in three years (ht 25/02/2014)
13
pc people deprived of drinking water in Kanchanpur (ht 25/02/2014)
Rain
harvest became their lifeline after years of water shortage woes
(kp 19/02/2014)
Embankment
construction halted due to tax dispute, by Ganesh Chaudhary (kp
18/02/2014)
Schoolchildren
grapple with water shortage, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 17/02/2014)
Water
project in limbo as contractor vanishes (ht 16/02/2014)
Hetauda
denizens reeling under water crisis (ht 15/02/2014)
Ponds
in sorry state (ht 15/02/2014)
Fluid
Crisis: Not only Kathmandu, but all places of the country are
increasingly facing the problem of water, by Nikki Sharma (sp
14/02/2014)
KUKL
asks govt for charge of Melamchi water supply project (kp
14/02/2014)
Water
crunch gives Doti residents sleepless nights (ht 14/02/2014)
NWSC
hikes water tariff (kp 13/02/2014), Water
tariff goes up by 50pc, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 13/02/2014)
Locals
excluded by Kavre water project up in arms, by Madhusudan Guragain
(rep 12/02/2014)
Solar
drinking water project doomed (ht 11/02/2014)
Water
woes remain a decade after project (ht 11/02/2014)
Drops
to drink: Water safety plan is a step towards ensuring supply of
drinking water, by Ganga Datta Nepal (kp 09/02/2014)
Khotang
reeling under water crisis as wells run dry (ht 06/02/2014)
Bajura
folks drinking contaminated water (ht 05/02/2014)
Melamchi
water project: Construction of water plant to begin Tuesday (kp
01/02/2014), Water
treatment plant construction to begin on Feb 4 (ht 01/02/2014), Construction
of water treatment plant begins (ht 05/02/2014)
ODF
tag still a distant dream for Siraha: Locals accuse govt authorities of
swindling funds meant for project (ht 01/02/2014)
Dhaulagiri
‘first’ open defecation free zone, by Prakash Baral and Ghanshyam
Khadka (kp 31/01/2013)
ODF
zones back to square one (ht 29/01/2014)
35
years on, Palpa irrigation project still incomplete, by Madhav
Aryal (kp 28/01/2014)
Water
crunch hits Dhankuta (ht 28/01/2014)
Open-defecation
free zone declared (ht 27/01/2013)
Conflict
brewing over shrinking water resources, by Nirjana Sharma (rep
26/01/2014)
Sanitation
for all: Eliminating open defecation will help avert communicable
diseases, by Balaram Chaulagain (kp 12/01/2014)
Water
& sanitation: Clean Call, by Nikki Sharma (sp 10/01/2014)
Do
it already: The Melamchi Drinking Water Project cannot be postponed any
further (kp 03/01/2014), Tunnel
construction for Melamchi water project set to begin in a month (ht
03/01/2014)
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