HELAMBU, JUNE 17

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal assured full support from his government to operate the Melamchi Water Supply Project regularly, systematically and in a more organised manner.

PM Dahal said this while arriving at the intake area located at Ambathan in Helambu Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchowk district today for onsite visit to the project.

The project is expected to supply 170 million litres of fresh water to Kathmandu valley on a daily basis.

It may be noted that water from the project was first distributed in Kathmandu valley through an inaugural programme on 2 April 2021.

Dahal, while inspecting the Project, reaffirmed his government's commitment to take immediate initiatives to bring additional water from Yangri and Larke rivulets for the project to deliver in its full capacity.

'I very much wanted to visit here in the inaugural. I was not the prime minister back then although our party's candidate was leading the Ministry of Water Supply in that government. I will take the initiative to streamline the project,' reaffirmed the PM.

The head of the government said that this government would make necessary arrangements for budget to further manage the roads swept away by the flood in the Melamchi River, adding the government would take necessary decision in this regard.

Furthermore, Dahal expressed his commitment to address the demands of the locals in the project site. As for dismissal of the development committee following the completion of the Melamchi Project, he said his attention was drawn towards resolving the problems related to the project in the absence of the committee.

On the occasion, Melamchi Drinking Water Development Committee's Executive Director Kamal Raj Shrestha briefed PM Dahal about the project.

The project is enlisted as one of the national pride projects in the country. The prime minister's visit was intended to accelerate its effective delivery.

PM Dahal was accompanied by Minister of Water Supply Mahendra Ray Yadav.

A version of this article appears in the print on June 18, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.