Nepal

Chandragiri Municipality has approved an ‘Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project’, which will begin from wards 12 and 14. The project is expected to end water and sanitation problem in the city, located west of Kathmandu.

The one-billion-rupee project will also be expanded to wards 11, 13, and 15 respectively while covering all other wards later on.

The Ministry of Water Supply and Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management has approved the project to be undertaken with the financial support of the Asian Development Bank.

"The Ministry has discussed about the project with the municipality and approved it as well. With this, we have pursued policy-related topics for the speedy implementation of this project," said the Mayor of Chandragiri Municipality, Ghanashyam Giri.

According to Giri, the Municipality has already held all-party consultation in the initial phase and the user groups would be formed within a month. “The survey and design-related work will be forwarded as well.”

The social security expert of the project, Samir Dhakal, said that the project is included among the model projects in South Asia. “The survey and design works of the project would be concluded within the next year. It will go into full implementation after that in line with international quality standards.”

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