With monsoon over, Melamchi water supply resumes in Kathmandu Valley

Kathmandu, Oct 13: The supply of drinking water from the Melamchi project, obstructed due to monsoon rains, has resumed in the Kathmandu Valley.     

The drinking water supply was closed since June 24, citing the flood in the Melamchi River and landslide that could further damage the project during rainy season. The water supply is now regularized in the Kathmandu Valley after necessary repair.     

More than 170 million litres of water is being supplied at Water Treatment Plant, Sundarijal daily, said Executive Director of Melamchi Drinking Water Development Committee, Jagar Nath Das.     

There is a daily demand of 430 million litres of water in the Kathmandu Valley. However, only 130-140 million litres of water was supplied daily here from different sources during the closure of Melamchi project.     

Executive Director of Kathmandu Upathyaka Khanepani Limited, Ashok Kumar Poudel, shared that they started distributing water in the valley. The Melamchi water will be supplied twice a week from today.     

Water supply from the project was not possible throughout the year in the Kathmandu Valley after the floods on Indrawati and Melamchi Rivers damaged the project three years back.(RSS)