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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