KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 27

An Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project is to be implemented in Chandragiri Municipality.

The project aims to seek long-term solution to the problem of water supply and sewerage in the municipality. It will kick off from the municipality's wards 12 and 14.

The project costing over one billion rupees will be later expanded to wards 11, 13 and 15. It will finally cover all the remaining wards. The Ministry of Water Supply, Department of Water Supply and Sewerage has approved the project to be undertaken with the financial support of Asian Development Bank.

'The municipality has been informed about the approval of the project by the ministry. We have pursued policy-related topics for speedy implementation of this project to that end,' said Mayor Ghanashyam Giri. According to him, the municipality has already held all-party consultation in the initial phase. He shared that a users groups would be formed within a month and they would forward the survey and design works.

The project's social security expert Samir Dhakal said it was included in the list of model projects in South Asia. He added that the survey and design works of the project would be concluded in a year. It will go into full implementation in line with the international quality standards afterwards.