Pdf the melamchi water supply project researchgate. Melamchi water supply project fsb team pancha 4 water by diverting water from the nearby melamchi river to kathmandu valley. Recounting the history of the melamchi water supply project through interviews, project documentation, and media reports, this article argues that an analysis of unfinished infrastructure has to. Melamchi water supply development board mwsdb main components. Melamchi water supply project mwsp1 was approved on 21 december 2000 and became effective on 28 november 2001. The mwsp is a comprehensive water supply project that aims to improve the health and wellbeing of the people in kathmandu valley by diverting water from the melamchi river to the kathmandu valley and. This report begins with the current water supply situation and a brief overview of the project. Even if water reaches kathmandu, several months will take for it to go into the new system. Melamchi water supply project mwsp comes as a much needed respite from the acute shortage of drinking water in kathmandu valley. The melamchi water supply project mwsp covers a part of indrawati and bagmati watershed. A report carried out on management practices in melamchi water supply project, nepal. Project description melamchi water supply development board. After funding arrangement in 2001, the project completion deadline was set for december 20.
The project is designed to serve good quality potable drinking water as per world health organizations guideline to feed in improved distribution network as set out by the melamchi water supply project subproject ii. The office of melamchi drinking water project had earlier promised to complete the project by july 26. Overview of the project melamchi water supply project mwsp is a mega scale drinking water project to alleviate drinking water shortage in the kathmanduvalley with a longterm sustainable basis. Adb approved the proposed project restructuring, after 6 years 2008 of implementation and proposing the removal of identified obstacles in. Melamchi drinking water project is designed and is now in construction phase to provide fresh water to kathmandu and meet the daily demand of around 350 ml. The melamchi water supply project mwsp is being implemented by the government of nepal with objectives toalleviate the chronic shortage of water in kathmandu valley on a sustainable and long. Melamchi water supply project mwsp comes as a much needed respite. As rivers flowed into the core areas of the valley, the water was polluted by industrial and domestic waste and it was common to find. The melamchi drinking water project saw its formal inauguration in 1998.
Selected policy issues and discourses in implementing the. Melamchi water supply project the melamchi water supply project mwsp is considered to be the most viable longterm alternative to ease the chronic water shortage situation within the kathmandu valley. Melamchi water supply project tunnel worlds largest catch of net fishing bluefin tuna, thousand of giant tunas caught by fishing boats duration. An economic reappraisal of the melamchi water supply project. This project aims to supply fresh water from the melamchi river in the sindhupalchwok district to the urban population of the kathmandu valley. Subproject 2 distribution part implementing agency kathmandu valley water supply improvement project, project implementation directorate pid main components. Melamchi water supply project asian development bank. Although the jica supported treatment plant has already been handed over to melamchi project, the progress in the second treatment plant is slow as the. Melamchi valley drinking water subproject, and 2 kathmandu. Project objective melamchi water supply development board. Despite abundant water resources in nepal, drinking water supplies in.
The project is designed to divert about 170 mld of fresh water to kathmandu valley from the melamchi river in. Kathmandu upatyaka khanepani limited kukl, the state authority responsible for distribution of drinking water in the kathmandu valley. This experience helps students to understand the system. The first component of the project comprises a scheme that diverts 170, 000 m3d of water from melamchi river in.
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