Myagdi: Five drinking water projects have been commissioned in Mangala Rural Municipality-5 (formerly Arman VDC). 365 households will benefit from the project, which is being constructed at a cost of Rs 28.464 crore, including grants from Nepal Health for Water (Newa), Kaduri Sanstha, Mangala Rural Municipality and labor donations from consumers.
Bhupendra Khatri, Ward Chairman of Mangala-5, informed that drinking water will be distributed through 271 taps from four projects being constructed at a cost of Rs 17.964 crore from Newa, Rural Municipality and consumers, and 90 taps from a project to be constructed at a cost of Rs 15 lakh from Kaduri Sanstha.
‘All five projects are being constructed in a hurry with the goal of completing them within the current fiscal year,’ he said. ‘Drinking water will be distributed through private taps installed in all houses in the affected areas, as well as schools, health institutions and temples. .’
Ward Chairman Khatri said that 84 taps will be constructed from the Pakhu-Kursimla drinking water project to be constructed through Newa at a cost of Rs 48,22,047, 35 taps from the Dihi-Kumlera drinking water project costing Rs 29,92,739, 90 taps from the Sirkum drinking water project costing Rs 64,62,912 and 63 taps from the Arman drinking water project costing Rs 36,86,870.
90 taps will be constructed from the Tikawang drinking water project to be constructed through Kaduri Sanstha at a cost of Rs 10.5 million. The total cost of the project implemented through Newa is 49 percent Newa, 25 percent rural municipality grant and 26 percent consumer labor donation. Drinking water taps will be provided in every household, as well as a concrete drying rack for washing dishes.
A drinking water scheme with ‘one house, one tap’ was constructed last year through Kaduri in Kimchaur and Neta of the former Arman VDC, which is home to about 1,000 households. Earlier, drinking water schemes were constructed through the West Nepal Drinking Water and Sanitation Project in Pok, Chhiswang, Sera, Pipalbot, and Hadebir areas. Bharat Sapkota, a resident of Mangala-5 Pok, said that having a private tap at home would save time, ease, and convenience as he was currently consuming drinking water from a public tap.
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