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The government has announced that the first phase of the diversion tunnel work of Melamchi Drinking Water Project (MDWP) will be completed along with water processing centres within this fiscal year to pave the way for water distribution by October 2017.bookmark
Published at : May 29, 2016
Updated at : May 29, 2016 08:59
Kathmandu
The government has announced that the first phase of the diversion tunnel work of Melamchi Drinking Water Project (MDWP) will be completed along with water processing centres within this fiscal year to pave the way for water distribution by October 2017.
Presenting the budget for fiscal year 2016-17 on Saturday, Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel allocated an additional Rs5.9 billion for the completion of Melamchi Project.
The government had earlier claimed that the first phase of the Asian Development Bank-funded project would be completed by April 2017, and that the Valley would get 170 million litres of water per day.
However, the plan could not be materialised due to the devastating earthquake of last year and the Indian blockade.
Paudel also announced an ambitious plan of second phase of the MDWP, under which an additional 340 million litres of water will be distributed daily to suburban areas outside the Ring Road by brining water from Yangri and Larke rivers. The government plans to complete the second phase by 2021.
A detailed design of the second phase of the project will be completed within a year, said Krishna Prasad Acharya, executive director at the MDWP.
“We have planned to go for the implementation of the second phase of the project next fiscal year.”
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