KUKL to supply additional 10m litres water daily in valley

KATHMANDU: Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) has been preparing to arrange for supplying additional 10 million litres of water in the valley daily. An alternative is going to be searched to address the drinking water shortage problem in the valley as it will take time to get water from the Melamchi project. Water sources available in the Valley are going to be protected and more water is to be collected through deep boring at different places. Chief Executive Director of KUKL, Milan Shakya, said that a plan has been made to distribute drinking water in Kathmandu Valley by mobilising sources until water from the Melamchi project is available. Old tube-wells are being preserved for the same. Drinking water will be distributed by making some changes in the schedule once the quantity of water increases, he said. Service recipients of some of the places in the valley are complaining of not getting drinking water. He shared that arrangement of drinking water will be made for them by filling public water tanks from tankers. The KUKL has a plan to construct tube-well at 10 different places in Kathmandu Valley. Additional 10 million litres of water would be added to the existing quantity of water from deep tube-well and water sources. There is a demand for 430 million litres of water in Kathmandu valley daily. The KUKL has been providing around 170 million litres during the rainy season and less than it during the winter season. With the beginning of the winter season, around nine million litres of water is being distributed by KUKL daily.

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