Maintenance of water supply pipeline at Babarmahal completes

KATHMANDU: Maintenance of a water supply pipeline that burst open on Wednesday at Babarmahal in Kathmandu has been completed.

The pipeline burst while the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) was conducting horizontal drilling to install underground power supply cables.

Chief Executive Officer of Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani (KUKL), Ashok Kumar Poudel, confirmed that the maintenance was completed nearly after 20 hours of work, starting from Wednesday night.

Poudel said, "The maintenance of the pipeline has been completed. Water will be distributed soon after the completion of water supply testing."

On Wednesday, Babarmahal area was waterlogged after a major water supply pipe on the main road burst open.

Minister for Water Supply Pradeep Yadav, who inspected the waterlogging after the incident, alleged that the NEA did not coordinate with the Ministry of Water Supply and other concerned agencies, leading to the burst of the drinking water supply pipe.

The supply pipe of the bulk distribution system of drinking water burst while the NEA was digging to lay electric wires underground.

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