KAVREPALANCHOK: The construction of the Khyaku-Devi Khola Drinking Water Project in Khyakuwa, Panauti Municipality-11, has been completed, providing safe drinking water to 175 households.
The project was officially handed over to the community, and the Drinking Water and Sanitation Consumers Committee was declared a ‘clean and tidy’ community.
According to the committee, drinking water taps have been installed in 175 homes, including schools and temples. Settlements in Khyaku, Besigaun, Mahantatol, Mahatol, and Ghaindada—up to the local school—are now directly benefiting from the supply of clean drinking water.
The total cost of the project amounted to Rs 8.348 million. Of this, Rs 4.241 million was provided by Nepal Health Water Supply (NEWA), Rs 1.691 million by Panauti Municipality, and Rs 2.41 million was contributed in the form of labor by the local consumers, said project chairman Mohan Thapa.
Just last week, another drinking water project damaged by floods and landslides in September last year was also restored in Balthali of Panauti-11.
The Nepane-Fyangkhola Drinking Water and Sanitation Project, which was originally built in 2047 BS, was reconstructed using a gravity-fed system.
This restoration has reconnected 195 households—123 in Nepane and 72 in Dandagaun—to the “One House, One Tap” program. The system had previously been damaged during the 2015 earthquake and further impacted by last year’s monsoon disasters.
The project was rebuilt with financial support from donor organizations, significantly improving access to clean water for residents in the area.
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