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)
Melamchi
water diversion starts, plan to distribute to
consumers within a month (rep 20/12/2023), Is
the Melamchi project a debt trap?, by Sunita
Karki and rita Thapa (ae 20/12/2023)
Recharging
groundwater : Constructing storage dams or
mobilising groundwater is necessary to unlock
irrigation’s full potential, by Dinesh
Panday (kp 17/12/2023)
Water
For All: A Mission For Mankind, by Monica
Pradhan (rn 16/10/2023)
Purification
of Drinking Water: A Critical Concern for
Nepal's Public Health, by Siddhartha
Rayamajhi and Dhiroj Koirala (rep
14/10/2023)
Enhancing
Water Management For Food Production, by
Nirajan Bhandari (rn 06/10/2023)
Water
sources are disappearing at an alarming rate,
by Nitu Ghale (ae 29/09/2023)
Patan
High Court issues interim order to stop KUKL
tender bids for wastewater management projects,
by Himal Lamsal (rep 08/09/2023)
Resumption
of water supply from Melamchi River to be
delayed by around one and a half months, by
Rajesh KLhanal (rep 05/09/2023)
Pipeline
damage compels residents of a Salyan village to
drink untreated water : Around 60 households in
Namra village are drinking muddy water from the
Bheri river and many people are falling ill,
by Biplab Maharjan (kp 29/08/2023)
Nepal
a source of
water for one
billion
population:
Minister Dr.
Mahat (kh
27/08/2023) [But not
enough clean
drinking water
for 30 million
Nepalis ???]
Melamchi
Project: A
Spectacle of
Nepal's Flawed
Development
Model (rep
27/08/2023)
Water,
water everywhere but no water to drink!, by
Himal Lamsal (rep 26/08/2023)
Over
half dozen water projects concluding in
Kavrepalanchok ensuring safe water supply to
residents (rn 17/08/2023)
Water,
water, everywhere : The water supply from
surface sources to the denizens of Kathmandu is
awfully inadequate, by CK Lal (kp
16/08/2023)
Flood
Blocks Road to Melamchi Water Supply Project
Source (rep 15/08/2023)
Farms
turn into housing as irrigation is delayed : It
may take another 10 years before the schemes in
Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur are
ready, experts say, by Rupa Gahatraj, Kamal
Panthi, Chitrang Thapa and Bhawani Bhatta (kp
13/08/2023)
Landslide-hit
water supply in remote Humla village restored,
by Janak Bahadur Shahi (kp 01/08/2023)
Faecal
coliform rife in water samples tested in
Kathmandu : Testing done for 10 localities of
the district last week, by Arjun Poudel (kp
31/07/2023)
In
Birgunj, hand pumps run dry even in mid-monsoon
: Birgunj and its vicinity reel as most
settlements report drying up of hand pumps,
borewells in past two months, by Bhusan
Yadav (kp 29/07/2023)
Madhes
grappling with water crisis, by Bal Krishna
Sah (ht 26/07/2023)
Need
To Expand Irrigation Facilities, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 25/07/2023)
Making
Nepali farmers happy : A mix of farmer-managed
and groundwater-based irrigation systems could
be fruitful, by Shisher Shrestha and Nilhari
Neupane (kp 24/07/2023)
Many
places of Birgunj reeling under drinking water
shortage (kh 22/07/2023)
The
Mess Around Melamchi Project, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 18/07/2023)
Melamchi
project plans to build new intake: Shrestha
(rn 14/07/2023) [interview]
Mahakali
Irrigation Third Phase: Water released for
testing main canal (rep 07/07/2023)
280
million liters of water being distributed in
Kathmandu Valley (kh 27/06/2023)
Water
supply from Melamchi to continue during monsoon
(rep 27/06/2023)
Preserving
the Valley’s water heritage : Traditional water
infrastructures are helpful in extreme climate
conditions and other disasters, by Ananda
Manandhar (kp 25/06/2023)
Melamchi
Mess: Example Of Climate Crisis, by
Maheshwor Rijal (rn 22/06/2023)
Drinking
water in Ramnagar from four months voluntary
contribution (kh 20/06/2023)
Flood
damages water lift project in Sankhuwasabha
(kh 19/06/2023)
Birendranagar
reels under acute water scarcity : Residents say
in all of the municipality’s 16 wards, water is
being supplied for just once or twice a week,
which is woefully inadequate, bx Tripti
Shahi (kp 18/06/2023)
Access
to water changes the face of rural Nepal :
Irrigation in the far west empowers women and
helps them adapt to climate impact, by Anita
Bhetwal (nt 16/06/2023)
198
ponds to be built on the hills of Kathmandu
Valley (rep 13/06/2023)
Dharan
Mayor Sampang cries in joy after bringing water
from Kokaha River, by Rohit Rai (rep
13/06/2023), Water
from Kokaha stream arrives in thirsty Dharan :
The project will cater to the needs of about
30,000 people, says Mayor Harka Sampang Rai,
by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 14/06/2023)
Every
fourth drinking water sample in Kathmandu has
faecal coliform : Most of the tested samples
were taken from bottled water, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 09/06/2023)
Dharan
sub-metropolis hit by severe water shortage amid
continued heat wave : The BP Koirala Institute
of Health Sciences postpones its classes for a
week due to the crisis, by Arjun Poudel and
Arjun Subedi (kp 08/06/2023)
Melamchi’s
alternative system ‘gate’ constructed
(ae 05/06/2023)
Water
Security Emerging As Burning Issue,
by Kushal Pokharel (rn 01/06/2023)
Water
from Melamchi channeled to Kathmandu
(rn 31/05/2023)
Panchkhal
drinking water project: 7,000 households
to get direct benefit (kh
25/05/2023)
Five
months on and KUKL still testing water
supply pipeline of Melamchi, by
Himal Lamsal (rep 16/05/2023)
Water
supply from Melamchi to be stopped for
maintenance (kh 13/05/2023), Melamchi
water supply to be halted for
maintenance from tomorrow (kh
14/05/2023)
Payment
issue likely to impact Sunkoshi Marin
diversion multipurpose project : The
project developer, China Overseas
Engineering Group, has not received
around Rs700 million in payment, by
Rajkumar Karki (kp 25/04/2023)
A
case for ‘ahals’ : We need to
reformulate our adaptation policies to
address a looming water crisis and its
effects, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp
07/04/2023)
Drinking
water project completes in Bharatpur
(kh 06/04/2023)
Meeting
Nepal's water challenge s : The efforts
to address water scarcity and
water-induced disasters have been futile,
by Suchana Acharya and Saroj Karki
(kp 31/03/2023)
Excessive
extraction causing groundwater depletion
in Kathmandu Valley, by Nitu Ghale
(ae 29/03/2023)
Khotang
village lies empty as water scarcity
forces to flee (rn 27/03/2023)
96%
population in Karnali deprived of pure
drinking water (kh 23/03/2023)
UN
Water Conference : Nepal for Water
Security, by Keshab Poudel (sp
24/03/2023)
‘Water
could become a source of potential
conflict, we strictly have to prevent
it’, interview with Carsten Klein,
Head of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation
for Freedom (FNF) (nlt 21/03/2023)
Groundwater
depletion affecting many settlements in
western Tarai : Climate change, rapid
urbanisation and over-extraction of
riverbed material are to blame, experts
say, by DR Pant (kp 16/03/2023)
Drinking
water crisis hits Baglung village
(kh 14/03/2023)
IMWI-NEPAL:
Water Storage In South Asia (sp
10/03/2023)
Babai
Irrigation Project: 37 years and
construction still slow (ae
07/03/2023)
Overextraction
and shrinking open spaces cause
groundwater depletion in Kathmandu
Valley : Authorities plan to harvest
rainwater at TU Teaching Hospital and
other government buildings to replenish
aquifers, by Arjun Poudel (kp
22/02/2023)
Melamchi
project’s pipes are leaking in many
places : Leakage in water mains dampens
Kathmandu Valley residents’ joy of
getting long-awaited water from
Sindhupalchok’s Melamchi river, by
Anup Ojha (kp 13/02/2023)
Lack
of budget puts irrigation projects in
Rukum (East) in limbo : Project delay
has added to the vulnerability of the
infrastructure, locals say, by
Mahesh KC (kp 12/02/2023)
Kathmandu
to get water from Bagmati during monsoon
: KUKL will divert 100 million litres of
water daily from the river to the
Sundarijal water treatment plant,
officials said, by Pawan Pandey (kp
09/02/2023)
Prolonged
dry spell leads to acute water scarcity
: As climate change threatens
livelihoods, experts ask Nepali
authorities to adopt adaptation measure,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 08/02/2023), A
drying country : It is vital to build
national awareness on the magnitude of
anthropogenic activities on global
climate (kp 09/02/2023)
Expand
Irrigation To Boost Production, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 31/01/2023)
Sunkoshi-Marin
Diversion Multi-Purpose Project: 2.43 km of
tunnel already dug since the start of tunnel
construction (ae 28/01/2023)
Nepal’s
inter-provincial water management : Global
experiences suggest intra-national water sharing
is as important as international sharing, by
Prabin Rokaya (kp 24/01/2023)
Water
supplied to Pathibhara Temple at an altitude of
3,794 meters , by Khagendra Adhikari (rep
17/01/2023)
KUKL
constructing 796 kms distribution network to
supply Melamchi water (kh 03/01/2023)
Test
supply of Melamchi water conducted on 532 kms
pipeline (kh 29/12/2022)
Drinking
water facility provided to over 3,000 households
(kh 27/12/2022)
Melamchi
water has not yet been fully distributed
(rep 17/12/2022)
Kathmandu
receiving 110 million liters water from Melamchi
Project since Dec 9 (kh 14/12/2022)
Melamchi
water pipe bursts at Lainchaur, disrupts
Kathmandu's traffic (rn 12/12/2022), Water
mains burst in Lainchaur causes inconvenience to
road traffic and pedestrians : The KUKL had on
Friday started distributing drinking water,
temporarily, to the households of Kathmandu
(kp 13/12/2022)
Melamchi
water to reach households Friday morning : The
water distribution will be managed by Kathmandu
Upatyaka Khanepani Limited, by Rishiram
Poudyal (kp 08/12/2022)), Water
from Melamchi being supplied in Kathmandu from
today (nlt 09/12/2022), Distribution
of Melamchi water resumes in Kathmandu from
today (kh 09/12/2022), Melamchi
water comes to Kathmandu homes, again : Melamchi
Water Supply Board is supplying 170 million
litres per day under a temporary arrangement
even as the headworks remain under flood debris,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/12/2022)
Water
ATM gaining popularity in Kathmandu Valley
(kh 07/12/2022)
Gulmi’s
Malika municipality sees drying springs,
shrinking streams (kh 06/12/2022)
Melamchi
water collected in Sundarijal (rn
28/11/2022), Melamchi
water to be available in Kathmandu taps soon
(kh 28/11/2022)
No
alternative to rainwater in Dhankuta’s Thamdanda
: E)ver since water sources in the village began
to dry up, residents have been reeling under a
chronic shortage, by Ramesh Chandra Adhikari
(kp22/11/2022)
Drinking
water shortage acute in Brahmanagar, Thori :
Residents have only those who promise to fix the
problem will get their votes in next month’s
federal and provincial elections, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 29/10/2022)
In
17 years, 72% construction work of Sikta
Irrigation Project completed, by Siraj Khan
(rn 18/10/2022)
Pyuthan
faces water crisis as disasters damage project
sites : Residents are forced to use murky water
from rivulets, raising public health concern,
by Shamsher Bikram GC (kp 16/10/2022)
Valley
denizens to receive water supply from Melamchi
River again from November (rep 10/10/2022)
Kalikot
drinking water supply drive gains momentum :
While most households in Palata Rural
Municipality now have access to running water,
efforts are underway to supply water to other
local units, by Tularam Pandey (kp
28/09/2022)
Polluted
tap water mars locals in Bhadrapur (kh
19/08/2022)
Water
Management For Sustainable Development, by
Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 11/08/2022)
Canal
construction gains pace at Dodhara-Chadani after
a hiatus of Mahakali treaty signing (kh
27/07/2022)
Water
Management In Mountains: Snow Water As An
Alternative, by Pratima Sharma and
Chiranjibi Bhattarai (sp 28/07/2022)
Drinking
water problem exacerbates in Rautahat’s Garuda
market, by Madan Thakur (rep 10/07/2022)
KUKL
employees on strike for three weeks (rep
08/07/2022)
Nor
any drop to drink : The authorities must spring
into action before water contamination becomes a
full blown crisis (kp 29/06/2022)
Testing
of third phase of Mahakali irrigation canal
begins : The Stage III of the project, which
would irrigate around 33,520 hectares of land in
farwestern Nepal, has been completed after 26
years, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 28/06/2022), Irrigation
project : MIP will be a gamechanger in
increasing agricultural growth in the
far-western plains (ht 28/06/2022)
Gurdung
settlement faces acute water shortages every
monsoon : Water supply to the only tap in the
village gets disrupted during the season as
floods damage the reservoir, by Sarita
Shrestha (kp 27/06/2022)
Sikta:
A project in making for over 15 years with more
controversy than progress : Just as 21 accused
of corruption have been acquitted, the project
is being upgraded and its deadline extended to
2032-33, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
24/06/2022)
Tapping
the untapped resource: Water for agriculture and
domestic use, by Sudeep Thakuri (ht
24/06/2022)
Preliminary
study carried out to bring Sisneri rivulet water
to Kathmandu (kh 23/06/2022)
“No
province or municipality has shown any
expenditure on drinking water for the last five
years” (rep 21/06/2022)
Basic
sanitation and drinking water under SDGs to be
met: Water Supply Minister (kh 15/06/2022)
The
chronic water problem : The provision of
necessities for the people should be the
government’s top priority (kp 13/06/2022)
Unsafe
water taking its toll in Karnali : Around 500
people have died of diarrhoea and other
water-borne diseases in the 10 districts of
Karnali Province in the past decade, according
to the Provincial Health Directorate, by
Jyotee Katuwal (kp 12/06/2022)
Melamchi
water distribution halted again (ht
01/06/2022)
Dharan
plagued by acute water crisis driven by years of
mismanagement : Dharan residents face acute
water shortages every dry season. In some areas,
people wait for three days to get water in their
taps, by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 30/05/2022)
Supply
of Melamchi drinking water begins in Bhaktapur
from today (rep 26/05/2022)
Alternative
source sought to address chronic water shortage
in Beni : Beni Bazar Drinking Water Project
initiated a project to lift water from the
Myagdikhola at a cost of Rs5 million, by
Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 18/05/2022)
Integrated
water resources management : Present-day issues
in water sector development require an
integrated and holistic approach, by Khem
Raj Sharma (kp 15/05/2022)
Melamchi
pipeline expansion neglected, by Himal
Lamsal (rep 09/05/2022)
Nowhere
safe to go, people in disaster-hit areas live in
terror as monsoon nears : Hundreds of people
still living in places identified as unfit to
reside seven years ago, by Arjun Poudel (kp
05/05/2022)
Melamchi
water arrives at Sundarijal (kh 19/04/2022),
Melamchi
water to be distributed from April 24 (kh
20/04/2022), Melamchi
water to reach households on Sunday (rn
20/04/2022), Water
from Melamchi River will be distributed to
Valley denizens from Sunday morning (rep
23/04/2022), Melamchi
Project resumes water supply to Kathmandu valley
from today (rep 24/04/2022)
Water
shortage a perennial problem in Baglung villages
: Population growth and pipes in disrepair
causing water scarcity in two villages, by
Prakash Baral (kp 17/04/2022)
The
humanity of climate change in ‘The weight of
water’, by Shuvam Rizal (rec 14/04/2022)
Villagers’
struggle for water continues : Around 4,000
families in Halesi Tuwachung Municipality face
water shortages as supply project chases another
deadline, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp
13/04/2022)
Melamchi
water supply to resume from today (kh
12/04/2022)
Avoiding
maladaptation : Digging boreholes will not only
exhaust groundwater but also upset the local
hydrology, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp
31/03/2022)
Melamchi
project to divert water inside tunnel via
alternative means (ht 28/03/2022), Uncertain
Melamchi : The main question here is whether
Melamchi will start full operation even after
removing debris (ht 29/03/2022)
Dodhara
Chandani folks’ desperate wait for irrigation
water from Mahakali (kh 28/03/2022)
Regular
drinking water in Melamchi and Indrawati (kh
26/03/2022)
Main
gate of Melamchi headworks being opened, 130,000
cubic meters of debris removed, by Himal
Lamsal (rep 26/03/2022)
Melamchi
Water Supply : Certainly Uncertain. Given the
looming uncertainty over the restoration of
project by mid-April, Minister for Water Supply
visited the project site (sp 25/03/2022)
Water
lift projects ease Karnali water crisis :
Drinking water shortage had made life difficult
not just for adults but also for children who
had to skip classes to manage water, by Hari
Gautam (kp 25/03/2022)
“Climate
change is real and Nepal is highly vulnerable to
its impacts:” Nepal is one of the richest
countries in fresh water resources but 3.5
million Nepalis still do not have access to
basic water services, interview with Resham
Jung Singh, Director, Nepal Water for Health (nlt
22/03/2022), Adequate
water helps promote hand hygiene, by Bhakta
Bahadur KC and Shalik Ram Dhital (nlt 22/03/2022),
#WorldWaterDay2022:
Let’s save water. Let’s save nature. Let’s save
lives, by Pragya Lamsal (nlt 22/03/2022), Groundwater:
World’s insurance policy against climate change,
by Shivani Chemjong (nlt 22/03/2022)
Government
Responsible For Ensuring People’s Right To
Drinking Water: PM Deuba (rn 21/03/2022)
Foundation
stone laid for construction of mega drinking
water project in Jumla (kh 19/03/2022)
Chinese
company which bagged Melamchi reconstruction
contract reluctant to work (kh 15/03/2022)
Drinking
water project built with Indian grant assistance
inaugurated in Solukhumbu (rep 14/03/2022)
Maintenance
of Melamchi water project sees 60% progress
(kh 10/03/2022)
Villagers
relieved of water crisis with completion of
lifting project : Rs106.2 million was spent on
the project that supplies water to over 1,000
households in Baglung Municipality, by
Prakash Baral (kp 05/03/2022)
Irrigation
project in Parsa left in limbo : Project halted
for eight years as Parsa park has not given
permission to carry out Environmental Impact
Assessment, by Shankar Acharya (kp
22/02/2022)
Manma
Facing Drinking Water Crisis (rn 10/02/2022)
Ministry
moots special campaign for water resource
conservation (kh 02/02/2022)
Melamchi
water to be brought to the Valley by mid-April:
Drinking Water Minister (rep 31/01/2022)
Process
for reconstruction of Melamchi Drinking Water
Project complete (rep 30/01/2022)
Two
villages in Salyan bid goodbye to water woes
after 35 years : A drinking water project has
finally connected Chotre and Hingbare to a
supply line, by Biplab Maharjan (kp
27/01/2022)
Averting
a potential catastrophe : Water scarcity due to
the drying up of water reserves has given rise
to many problems, by Aadesh Subedi (kp
26/01/2022)
Water
Supply and Sanitation National Policy drafted
(ht 26/01/2022)
Parliamentary
committee directs government to manage water
supply through Melamchi Project on temporary
basis (rep 15/01/2022)
‘Hygiene
facilities need to be accessible to all:’ Tripti
Rai, Country Director, Water Aid Nepal. "We need
to respect the right to water and sanitation of
everybody in the country. We also need to value
the services we get because we have an unequal
reach of the services." (nlt 12/01/2022)
‘One
house, one tap’ campaign benefits Tanahun
villagers : Several drinking water projects are
underway with an objective of supplying water to
each household in Ghiring Rural Municipality,
by Samjhana Rasaili (kp 06/01/2022)
Bheri
Babai project enters final construction phase :
Under the project slated for completion in 2024,
surplus water from the Bheri River will be
redirected to the Babai River to irrigate
farmlands and generate energy, by Chandani
Kathayat (kp 23/12/2021)
Water
supply in Kathmandu Valley less than one-third
of demand (rep 19/12/2021)
Rethinking
Water Cooperation : A major soul-searching is
definitely required as is the manner in which
collaborative efforts take place when it comes
to finding solutions to our water problems,
by Dipak Gyawali (sp 10/12/2021)
Water
Supply Projects Of Around Rs 4 Billion
Constructed In Bharatpur Metropolis (rn
12/10/2021)
Water
supply in Baglung Bazaar insufficient for the
growing population : The construction of several
small scale projects over the years has not been
able to solve the drinking water crisis in
Baglung Bazaar that has seen rapid urbanisation
and a rise in population, by Prakash Baral
(kp 25/11/2021)
Reconstruction
of Melamchi Project unlikely anytime soon, govt
looks for alternatives to supply water in
Kathmandu Valley, by Himal Lamsal (rep
15/11/2021)
October
floods and landslides disrupt water supply in
Bajhang : Around 20,000 families are left
without safe drinking water, which could lead to
outbreak of diseases, by Basanta Pratap
Singh (kp 12/11/2021)
KUKL
To Supply Additional 10 Million Litres Water
Daily In KTM Valley (rn 11/11/2021)
Lungrimadi
Irrigation Project left incomplete for three
decades : The project was initiated with an aim
to irrigate around 239 hectares of farmland in
Swargadwari but given the lengthy delay, farmers
have lost all hopes for the project’s completion,
by Shamsher Bikram GC (kp 10/11/2021)
Drinking
water shortage hits people in Kalikot village
hard (rep 10/11/2021)
Locals
happy as water starts flowing again from a
spring that dried up 24 years ago (rep
09/11/2021)
Drinking
water shortage as landslide buries water source
(kh 09/11/2021) [related to Dipayal]
Baitadi
faces acute water shortage, over 50 drinking
water projects damaged by recent floods and
landslides (rep 27/10/2021)
Rainwater
harvesting : The Nepali people, whether
living in Kathmandu or outside, spend much time
and money trying to meet their daily water needs
(ht 08/10/2021)
Still
chasing the Melamchi mirage : Nepal’s most
expensive project to supply water to Kathmandu
will be at heightened risk for decades, by
Mukesh Pokhrel (nt 24/09/2021)
Drinking
water projects benefit rural settlements in
Kalikot district : Eight drinking water projects
under the provincial government and 56 projects
under the Department of Drinking Water are
being implemented in the district. by
Tularam Pandey (kp 15/09/2021)
Kavre
to run four water supplies projects (kh
03/09/2021)
Drinking
water shortage grips village in Nawalparasi
(kh 31/08/2021)
City
drinking water project construction sees
dillydally (kh 30/08/2021)
Hydraulic
works in Nepal (ht 27/08/2021)
Valley
won’t get Melamchi water before mid-April next
year (rep 26/08/2021)
Melamchi
In Ruins, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 10/08/2021)
Two
drinking water projects damaged (kh
08/08/2021)
Land
ownership dispute halts Pathivara drinking water
project (ht 0/08/2021)
Supply
of Melamchi water in Kathmandu Valley falls
uncertain as Sunday’s flood causes additional
damages (rep 02/08/2021), Floods
put Melamchi water project in uncertainty
(ht 03/08/2021), Melamchi's
Rs 51 billion investment at risk, by Himal
Lamsal (rep 03/08/2021)
Melamchi
water supply unlikely any time soon, by
Ujjwal Satyal (ht 27/07/2021), Melamchi
in crisis : The concerned bodies and the Nepali
Army must repair the road and set up temporary
bridges at the earliest (ht 28/07/2021)
Rainwater
harvesting, groundwater recharge to meet water
demand (ht 24/07/2021), Rainwater
harvesting : Groundwater must be replenished if
the shallow and deep aquifers are not to be
depleted in the next few decades (ht
26/07/2021)
Work
on damaged Melamchi Project to begin after two
months, by Himal Lamsal (rep 23/07/2021)
Drinking
water project benefits 176 households in Salyan,
by Biplab Maharjan (kp 20/07/2021)
Repair
work at flood-hit Melamchi project likely to
take months, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
01/07/2021), At
least three months to take to restore
Melamchi-Kathmandu water supply system (kh
09/07/2021)
Watch
what you drink : The need to provide clean water
to every household cannot be overstated (kp
25/06/2021)
Melamchi
project headworks buried in mud, extent of
damage unknown : Officials say the main tunnel
was untouched, but other temporary structures
have been swept by the floods, which could
affect the water supply schedule in Kathmandu
Valley, by Chandan Kumar, Mandal (kp
18/06/2021), Cloud
of uncertainty looms over Melamchi Drinking
Water Project (kh 20/06/2021), Melamchi
Water Supply Project suffers damage worth Rs 1
billion due to disaster (kh 23/06/2021), Melamchi
suffers damage worth Rs 1bn : Repairing
structures of the project could take a long time
(ht 24/06/2021)
Melamchi
water distribution in Kathmandu to be stopped
from June 15 for a month (kh 03/06/2021), Water supply from
Melamchi to be halted for two months (kh
11/06/2021)
A
tale of a parched rural municipality in Bhojpur
district : The residents of the rural
municipality, the birthplace of President Bidya
Devi Bhandari, have been reeling under acute
water shortage for many years. But now that
will, hopefully, end (kp 26/04/2021)
People
forced to drink polluted river water (rep
24/04/2021)
Settlements
in Salyan reel under acute shortage of
water : Around 10,000 families in the district
do not have water supply, by Biplav Maharjan
(kp 10/04/2021)
Sikta
Irrigation Affected Due To Lack Of Engineers,
Technicians, by Siraj Khan (08/04/2021)
Melamchi
project : Water at the tap, by Keshab Poudel
(sp 02/04/2021)
Distribution
of Melamchi water speeds up in Kathmandu Valley
(rep 02/04/2021)
Helambu
administration says Melamchi project didn’t pay
promised local tax : Contractor has not paid for
the natural resources used in the construction
of infrastructure, officials say, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 01/04/2021)
Kathmandu
finally gets Melamchi water (ht 29/03/2021),
Melamchi
water, finally : The KUKL must now phase out the
use of groundwater resource where feasible,
allowing it to recharge over time (ht
30/03/2021)
Melamchi
Project Set To Supply Water From Sunday, by
Mukunda Gaire (rn 27/03/2021)
'Over
90pc Nepalis have access to drinking water'
(ht 24/03/2021) [drinking
water or clean drinking water?]
Melamchi
Project 'Head Box' To Be Completed In Two Months,
by Bhauch Prasad Yadav (rn 19/03/2021)
Learning
From Melamchi Project, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
16/03/2021)
Historical
spouts lying deserted, by Milan Dahal (kh
16/03/2021)
Melamchi
tunnel being filled to test distribution
networks : The Melamchi Water Supply Development
Board plans to examine the distribution
network after water from the tunnel is brought
to the treatment plant at Sundarijal, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 14/03/2021)
141
drinking water projects worth Rs 220 million
being constructed in Baitadi, by Bira Gadal
(rep 13/03/2021)
Between
Melamchi Blues And Euphoria: A Personal
Reflection, by Dipak Gyawali (sp 12/03/2021)
Capital
residents to get Melamchi water starting
March-end (rep 11/03/2021)
Water
From Melamchi River Discharged Into Bagmati For
Shivaratri (rn 08/03/2021) [This water should finally
serve the drinking water supply, not the
external framework of Hindu festivals!]
Water
from Melamchi finally arrives in Kathmandu, :
After decades of bungling, project will first
clean the tunnel and then distribute water to
households in the city, officials say, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/03/2021), Peak
water : The Valley’s water crisis is an
ecological emergency (kp 08/03/2021)
Water
supply disrupted in Gorkha village, by Hari
Ram Upreti (kp 06/03/2021)
Water
from the Melmachi River brought to Kathmandu
Valley, finally! (rep 06/03/2021)
14
km of tunnel of Melamchi Drinking Water Project
filled with water (rep 04/03/2021)
Chinese
firm wins Rs10 billion contract to build
Sunkoshi Marin diversion tunnel : The diversion
tunnel will redirect part of the flow of the
Sunkoshi River to irrigate farmlands in the
Tarai, by Sangam Prasain (kp 26/02/2021)
Harnessing
the sun to pump water : Solar irrigation can
help Nepal’s subsistence farmers improve yield,
cope with the climate and Covid crises, by
Usha Manandhar (nt 26/02/2021)
Tunnel
Test Of Melamchi Project Begins (rn
22/02/2021), Water
supplied to Melamchi Drinking Water Project’s
tunnel for testing (with photos), by Dhruba
Dangal (rep 22/02/2021)
Water
shortage pushing Arghakhanchi residents into
hardships : The villagers are hugely affected by
the water crisis that starts from November and
lasts till mid-June every year until the arrival
of monsoon rains across the country, by
Birendra KC (kp 17/02/2021)
Drinking
water demand over five times high than supply in
Kathmandu (kh 14/02/2021)
Be
water : Two flash stories about how water, with
its quality to cleanse is a draw, by
Pratibha Tuladhar (nt 05/02/2021)
Construction
of headworks of Melamchi water supply project
expedited (kh 05/02/2021)
Groundwater
recharge : A tool for replenishing water table,
by Uttam Maharjan (ht 02/02/2021)
Water
supply project relieves Patle villagers of acute
water shortage : The scarcity had affected every
household in Patle village of Baglung for last
two decades, by Prakash Baral (kp
31/01/2021)
Bardibas
villagers grapple with drinking water shortage :
Around 400 families have been facing water
shortages for the last five decades, by
Sunita Baral (kp 07/01/2021)
Lumbini
to expand access to drinking water (ht
06/01/2021)
Kathmandu
expected to get Melamchi drinking water from
mid-April (rep 02/01/2021), Melamchi
drinking water to arrive in mid-April (ht
03/01/2021), Melamchi
deadline : The delay in completing the MDWP has
led to cost overruns involving billions of
rupees (ht 04/01/2021)
Government
plans ambitious water project for Birendranagar
It is projected to be the biggest drinking water
project in the country after Melamchi, by
Chandani Kathayat (kp 15/12/2020)
Mustang
people on the verge of leaving ancestral land;
lack of irrigation facility 'leaves no other
choice', by Dhan Basnet (rep 13/12/2020)
Water
supply projects in Sudurpaschim left incomplete
due to lack of funds : Over a hundred drinking
water projects have not received additional
budget, by Mohan Budhaair (kp 10/12/2020)
Water
and sanitation: Why they are vital for Nepal’s
economy, by Catarina de Albuquerque (ht
03/12/2020)
Re-Trial
Of Tunnel Of Melamchi Drinking Water Project
Planned For Next Month, by Sachita Ghimire
(rn 12/11/2020)
Crisis-hit
Ilam settlement gets waterThe Rs 24.7 million
project will be supplying water to each
household of Soyak settlement, by Biplab
Bhattarai (kp 08/11/2020)
Kudu
locals reeling under acute drinking water crisis
(ht 03/11/2020)
Investment
Of Private Sector In Drinking Water Viable:
Experts (rn 23/09/2020)
Melamchi
Drinking Water Project To Excavate Tunnel
Through New Technology (rn 21/09/2020)
Villagers
in Halesi face acute water shortage due to delay
in construction of water projectWater crisis in
Halesi is so acute that some families have begun
to leave the villages, by Dambar Singh Rai
(kp 22/08/2020)
The
morass that is Melamchi: The government must
hold an inquiry into the tunnel disaster that
killed two persons, by Naresh Koirala (kp
17/08/2020)
Another
Setback In Melamchi Project, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 28/07/2020)
Drinking
water project neglecting environment: Report
(ht 22/07/2020)
Light
at the end of the Melamchi tunnel, by
Surendra Phuyal (nt 10/07/2020)
Construction
of Melamchi water project almost over (ht
06/07/2020)
Multiple-Use
Water System to control COVID-19, by Alok
Rajouria (ht 01/07/2020)
Melamchi
Water Supply Project set to miss deadline yet
again, reports 97% work progress so far (rep
25/06/2020)
KUKL
Intensifies Fixing Water Leakage Problems
(rn 03/05/2020)
Works
On Melamchi Water Supply Project In Progress
(rn 01/05/2020)
Irrigation
projects in priority, no new hydels included
(ht 26/04/2020)
Villagers
in Bagchaur reel under water shortage: Locals
are aware of the lockdown and the government’s
directive to stay indoors but a shortage of
drinking water means they have no choice but to
go out in search, by Biplab Maharjan (kp
20/04/2020)
Melamchi
likely to face more delays as workers leave the
site: Just as the project was on course to
meeting its completion deadline of mid-July,
workers have left project site due to the
lockdown triggered by Covid-19 pandemic,
officials say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
06/04/2020)
Groundwater
for food security: Nepal is likely to generate
surplus energy within the next 2–5 years. This
surplus can be used to pump ground water to
irrigate land where diesel pumps or a mix of
solar and grid energy options are currently used,
by Santosh Nepal and Nilhari Neupane (rep
22/03/2020)
Liquidity
crisis: The sporadic efforts made are far too
little compared to the magnitude of the water
crisis, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp 20/03/2020)
Kalitot
village aims to provide safe drinking water to
all households: The municipality spent about Rs
500,000 on the project, while the locals paid
for the pipeline and other construction
materials, by Tularam Pandey (kp 08/03/2020)
Rani
Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Project: Locals
refuse to relocate even after receiving
compensation, by Yogesh Rawal (rep
06/03/2020)
Water
insecurity looms large over Himalayan towns, a
new study says: Inadequate urban planning, poor
water governance and climate change to blame for
Himalayan towns running high and dry, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/03/2020)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan city launches pilot to recharge
depleting groundwater: Mayor says the initiative
is a learning opportunity for authorities who
plan to implement similar projects in other
wards, by Anup Ojha (kp 20/02/2020), ‘Recharge
Kathmandu programme unlikely to bear fruit’,
by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 23/02/2020)
Whitepaper
on Melamchi Drinking Water Project to be
unveiled today (ht 13/02/2020), Melamchi
project to be completed by mid-July (ht
14/02/2020), No
fooling on Melamchi (rep 16/02/2020)
Pond
restoration is not only reviving Thimi’s water
heritage but also its groundwater reserves: The
local government's initiative to restore drying
ponds is not only reviving the ancient town's
water system but also its groundwater services,
by Shashwat Pant (kp 06/02/2020)
Groundwater
quality and quantity are linked, and neither are
improving: Decreased groundwater recharge due to
peripheral development combined with increasing
extraction rates causes the water table to lower
every year, by Maddison Wrobley (kp
28/01/2020)
Drying
up of Geruwa river affects irrigation, wildlife:
Silt deposit in the river caused by floods has
stopped the water flow in Geruwa, causing a
decline in the level of water, by Kamal
Panthi (kp 22/01/2020)
Lamjung’s
biggest drinking water project provides relief
to Besisahar residents (ht 22/01/2020)
Drinking
water users’ committees told to pay income tax
on savings, and they are not happy: Consumer
committees say they should get tax exemption as
they are not distributing dividends from their
saved amount, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
21/01/2020)
New
drinking water project to end water crisis in
Chaurjahari: The project is expected to source
water from the Bheri River and supply it to more
than 1,000 households in the municipality,
by Hari Gautam (kp 15/01/2020)
ard
9 locals stage demonstration over shortage of
drinking water in Dharan (ht 14/01/2020)
954
households of Jaljala to get water from Kali
Gandaki in their taps, by Hari Krishna
Gautam (rep 13/01/2020)
A
parched Chure village in Sarlahi is finally
connected to a water supply system: The project
benefits 65 households in the village and was
constructed at a budget of Rs 3 million, by
Om Prakash Thakur (kp 11/01/2019)
Irrigation
project faces quandary in Kailali as arable land
shrinks: Since federalism came in place, the
local unit has placed a lot of emphasis on
building concrete settlements, and little on
keeping arable land intact—changing the face of
Tikapur, by Ganesh Chaudhary (kp 09/01/2020)
New
drinking water projects to benefit Surkhet
locals: The Surkhet Valley Drinking Water
Consumers’ Committee is overseeing the project,
by Chandani Khatayat (kp 07/01/2020)
Rani
Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Project: Construction
of powerhouse gains momentum, by Yogesh
Rawal (rep 06/01/2020)
Melamchi
water project to issue due payments of local
vendors (ht 03/01/2020)
Sunkoshi
Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project gathers
steam: The Rs83 billion scheme will provide
round-the-year irrigation facility to five
drought-prone Tarai districts, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 27/12/2019)
Tanahun
lift water project left in limbo: The water
supply project, being constructed with Rs115
million, aims to benefit 1,300 households. Nine
months since the deadline, work is far from over,
by Samjhana Rasaili (kp 14/12/2019)
Mahakali
irrigation project: Work hit over compensation
issue (ht 13/12/2019)
In
Baitadi, an acute water shortage hits operations
at health facilities: To provide services to the
people, health workers have been carrying water
from distant water sources to the health posts
daily, by Tripti Shahi (kp 01/12/2019)
Settlements
in Sindhuli’s Chure region hard hit by water
scarcity: Officials ascribe the water shortage
to rampant deforestation and encroachment of the
Chure region, by Rajkumar Karki (kp
27/11/2019)
gress
of Diktel water project sluggish (rep
21/11/2019)
Fresh
drinking water projects to benefit 1,100
households in Makwanpur: Most households will
have water taps installed by mid-December,
officials say, by Pratap Bista (kp
19/11/2019)
Construction
of Rohini Irrigation Project sluggish, by
Mohammad Habib (rep 18/11/2019)
Rs
42 million Siraha dam collapses five months
after it was built: Locals suspect use of
substandard construction materials, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 13/11/2019)
Water
project construction kicks off in Bhojpur
district (ht 12/11/2019)
Melamchi
official claims water will be supplied to Valley
by this fiscal (ht 11/11/2019)
Locals
excited over the construction of water projects
in Sarangkot: Water taps are being installed in
every household in Pandeli under the Budhimul
Drinking Water Lifting Project Water, by
Bina Thapa (kp 23/10/2019)
Melamchi
board seeks work plan from Sinohydro (ht
16/10/2019)
Six
years on, completion of drinking water project
still uncertain, by Madhusudan Guragain (rep
14/10/2019)
Govt
awards Melamchi contract to Sinohydro: Chinese
firm given one-year deadline from October 29 to
complete remaining works (ht 30/09/2019), Sinohydro
promises to complete Melamchi tunnel within a
year: 15-month contract to be signed soon to
complete headworks, by Himal Lamsal (rep
30/09/2019)
Centralisation
of power reflected in drinking water projects:
Move to bring 700 drinking water projects under
federal government tramples upon provincial
jurisdiction, province officials say, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/09/2019)
Whither
The Melamchi Project?, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
12/09/2019)
62
households in Salyan village deprived of
drinking water due to dispute over the source:
The local unit’s plan to construct a drinking
water project to supply water to parched
Kagkhola is in limbo as the locals of another
village—which is water rich—has refused to share
its water source, by Biplab Maharjan (kp
11/09/2019)
Sustainable
rainwater harvesting and the water crisis in
Kathmandu: Rainwater harvesting, along with
permeable pavement co-management, can help
realise both anthropogenic and environmental
benefits, by Sneha Pandey (kp 11/09/2019)
Another
Dashain is here but the Melamchi water is not:
Several ministers and top leaders have
repeatedly promised to bring drinking water from
the much-awaited project to the homes of
Kathmandu Valley residents. The wait continues,
by Sanjeeb Phuyal (kp 10/09/2019)
Protesters
demand water for irrigation (ht 10/09/2019)
Drinking
water via deep boring system elates Kudu locals
(ht 10/09/2019)
Protest
over Melamchi project payment row continues: The
protestors have demanded the resignation of
Surya Prasad Kandel, alleging that he had
embezzled equipment, by Anish Tiwari (kp
08/09/2019)
Loss
of water due to tank leakage in Bhojpur: Around
1.5 litres of water is being wasted per second
for the last two months, by Alisha Shrestha
(kp 07/09/2019)
Lawmakers
call for setting up independent entity to handle
water supply, management, by Kamal Subedi
(rep 06/09/2019)
Acute
shortage of drinking water drives locals to
engage in a lucky draw for their turn at the
only community tap: The incomplete state of
drinking water projects in Parbat has affected
more than 10 other settlements, by Agandhar
Tiwari (kp 05/09/2019)
Vendors,
suppliers to halt Melamchi construction (ht
05/09/2019), Five
injured as protesters clash with security
personnel at Melamchi Water Supply Project: The
protesters were staging demonstrations demanding
payment for their work when the clash occurred,
by Anish Tiwari (kp 06/09/2019)
Melamchi
project payment row could hinder work yet again:
Vendors and suppliers hired by the previous
contractor, Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti di
Ravenna, threaten stir over unpaid dues, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/09/2019)
Small
and medium-sized cities are highly prone to
water insecurities: Climate change, rapid
urbanisation and drying up of natural springs
have worsened water crisis in Dharan and
Dhulikhel, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
01/09/2019), Water
security is a major issue for small and
medium-sized cities, too: As cities are becoming
more prone to water scarcity, the government
needs to pay heed (kp 02/09/2019)
Construction
of conservation ponds in Province 3 shows
positive result: These conservation ponds have
helped enhance underground water reserves,
creating adequate water supply in the area,
by Pratap Bista (kp 29/08/2019)
Govt’s
delay in selecting contractor hits Melamchi
(ht 28/08/2019)
Work
on large-scale drinking water project begins in
Hetauda: The federal government has contributed
70 percent of the project cost with the Hetauda
Water Supply Management Board and Sub-metropolis
covering the remaining cost of the project,
by Subash Bidari (kp 21/08/2019)
Chinese
contractor selected to complete Melamchi water
project (rep 21/08/2019)
Kathmandu
Valley’s stone spouts were once gushing with
water. Now they’re slowly disappearing.:
Threatened by haphazard development and a
growing water crisis, Nepal’s ancient water
management system is drying up, by Chase
Brush (kp 17/08/2019), Gift
from the pastThe Valley’s hitis must be saved
for their practicality as well as aesthetic
value (kp 19/08/2019)
Water-stressed
Kathmandu, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
16/08/2019)
Nepal
should reconsider water consumption patterns and
protect its resources, new study warns: A recent
report by World Resources Institute has ranked
Nepal among the top 40 water-stressed countries
in the world, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
15/08/2019)
14
drinking water projects in limbo for want of
budget: Consumers have been waiting for access
to drinking water for the past 10 years, by
Mohan Budhaair (kp 07/08/2019)
Arghakhanchi
village banks on rains for its water needs:
Collecting rainwater saves them the trouble of
carrying water from the nearest spring, half an
hour walk downhill, by Birendra KC (kp
31/07/2019)
Chinese
court orders review of earlier decisionHBL, BoK
optimistic to receive counter guarantee money in
Melamchi project case, by Umesh Poudel (ht
30/07/2019)
Rainwater
harvesting emphasised (ht 29/07/2019)
Water
shortage troubles Surkhet locals, by Ganesh
Bishu (rep 29/07/2019)
Nepal
must keep water on its land: Our ancestors knew
how to store monsoon runoff for year-round use,
we must learn from them, by Anil Chitrakar
(nt 26/07/2019)
Govt
shortlists two firms to complete Melamchi
(ht 26/07/2019)
Unsafe
to drink: Poor water supply has forced people to
turn to unsustainable groundwater extraction
(kp 24/07/2019)
E
coli found in water supplied by drinking water
project in Tikapur, by Yogesh Rawal (rep
24/07/2019)
Water
crisis hits Dhankuta (ht 22/07/2019)
Local
subcontractors, vendors working with Melamchi’s
Italian contractor claim Rs1.67 billion in dues:
At least 87 firms have submitted their claims to
the committee formed to give its recommendations
on paying companies left hanging after the
project fell apart, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 20/07/2019)
Over
1,000 households in Dadeldhura reeling from
acute shortage of water: Opening pathways and
building roads have caused natural water sources
to dry up, locals say, by Pant (kp
20/07/2019)
Rani
Jamara Kulariya irrigation project yet to come
into operation, by Yogesh Rawal (rep
18/07/2019)
Water
harvesting used to make up for uncertain
rainfall (ht 11/07/2019)
60
Chure households facing drinking water crisis,
by Puskar Bhandari (rep 09/07/2019)
Declining
underground water level triggers water shortage
in Tarai, by Mohammad Habib (rep
08/07/2019), Where
has the water gone? (rep 09/07/2019)
Kolti
Bazaar reels under drinking water crisis, by
Sangita Timalsena (kp 07/07/2019)
Two
companies on Melamchi shortlist to complete
project, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
04/07/2019)
Water
crisis sparks migration in Bhojpur (ht
02/07/2019)
Drought
hits Panchthar hard (ht 02/07/2019)
Water
woes end for Dhading denizens (ht
24/06/2019)
Locals
stage rally against water crunch (ht
20/06/2019)
Water
being extracted through deep boring system
(ht 17/06/2019) [related to Bhojpur]
Water
crisis worsens in Mugu towns, by Suman Malla
(rep 17/06/2019)
Mid-hill
road construction disrupts water projects in
Dailekh villages, by Govinda KC (rep
17/06/2019)
Valley
people protest against delayed Melamchi Water
Supply Project, by Sonam Lama (rep
16/06/2019)
Water
project elates locals (ht 13/06/2019)
Overcoming
Drinking Water Woes, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
13/06/2019)
At
least 6 months needed for Melamchi water to
reach Ktm Valley (rep 10/06/2019) [Dream on!]
Recharging
Nepal’s mountain springsResearchers are
studying a novel approach to determine where and
how to intervene, by Sanita Dhaubanjar (kp
09/06/2019)
Raksirang
locals reel under an acute water crisisEven
though the villages are accessible by a
motorable road, locals have to walk for at least
two hours to reach the nearest water source,
by Pratap Bista (kp 05/06/2019)
Melamchi
project to take at least 18 months to complete:
The Melamchi Water Supply Development Board
invites bids to hire local contractors for the
remaining works, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
04/06/2019)
Water
crisis hits Surkhet (ht 02/06/2019)
Plan
to invite fresh bids for Melamchi: Two different
contractors likely to be hired for headworks and
tunnel works, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
01/06/2019)
Musahars
in Siraha forced to drink contaminated water
(ht 29/05/2019)
Freshwater
ecosystems: The protection of these ecosystems
is vital to advance any developmental paradigm,
by Tsewang Nuru Sherpa (kp 27/05/2019)
Is
Melamchi Water Flowing?, by Siddhi B
Ranjitkar (km 26/05/2019)
Locals
demand end to drinking water crisis (ht
24/05/2019)
Poor
families loan money to construct drinking
water project (ht 24/05/2019)
Water
crisis worsens in Bara as more tube wells go dry,
by Pawan Yadav (kp 22/05/2019)
Drought
parches Sindhuli villages: People blame
haphazard construction of roads and
infrastructure for the water crisis, by Raj
Kumar Karki (kp 19/05/2019)
Health
officials urge city residents to be cautious
about the water they drink: The detection of
cholera in the Valley—much before monsoon sets
in—is alarming, they say, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 16/05/2019)
Top
leaders mulling direct intervention over
Melamchi: Dahal (rep 11/05/2019)
Water
samples collected from Kathmandu’s cholera-hit
area for lab test, by Arjun Poudel (kp
09/05/2019), Coliform
in water caused cholera case in capital (rep
10/05/2019)
Women-run
drinking water project launched in the country
(ht 09/05/2019)
Illegal
crusher industries cause drinking water shortage
in Chitwan (rep 06/05/2019)
Construction
of water project delayed (ht 05/05/2019)
Province
5 struggling from severe water crisis (rep
04/05/2019)
Asian
Development Bank vows to complete Melamchi
project, by Sangam Prasain (kp 03/05/2019),
ADB
to extend Melamchi project completion deadline
if need be (ht 03/05/2019)
Indrawati
residents reel under shortage of drinking water,
by Anish Tiwari (kp 01/05/2019)
Water
scarcity forces 45 households to migrate, by
Dipendra Shakya (kp 23/04/2019)
Drinking
water woes hit normal life in Baglung Bazar,
by Sangam Gharti Magar (rep 18/04/2019)
Kundurtar
canal construction resumes after 14 years
(rep 18/04/2019)
Landless
folk in Lamaha face drinking water shortage,
by Shiva Puri (kp 17/04/2019)
Bajura
residents in grip of water crisis (ht
14/03/2019)
Many
drinking water projects in Kalikot are limited
only to paper, by Tularam Pandey (kp
12/04/2019)
Water
shortage in Khodpe Bazaar affects more than 200
families, by Tripti Shahi (kp 11/04/2019)
Melamchi
works likely to gain momentum (ht
11/04/2019)
Local
leaders request Province 3 government to end
water scarcity in Ramechhap, by Tika Prasad
Bhatta (kp 10/04/2019)
Pyuthan
building water reservoirs to recharge natural
water sources, by Shamsher Bikram KC (rep
04/04/2019)
Melamchi
board
prepares document for new bidding to resume
project: An official says around Rs2.5 billion
neededto complete the project, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 29/03/2019)
Water
quality testing equipment, kits to be sent to
all local federal units, by Arjun Poudel (kp
26/03/2019)
Rs36.37
billion irrigation scheme to bring water to
parched Tarai farms, by Shiva Puri (kp
24/03/2019)
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)
In
Jumla, solar irrigation helps keep families
together (kp 06/03/2019)
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)
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