KATHMANDU: Students at Bentley University in the US, have raised funds amounting to more than $10,000 (NRs 740,000) which will be utilised for a rainwater conservation project in Nepal.

“The fund so collected under the UN-HABITAT’s Water for Asian Cities Programme by a team of students of Bentley University will support clean water initiatives in Nepal”, said a press statement issued by UN-HABITAT, today. Bentley International Student’s Association, Bentley Greek Council, Bentley Spring Day Donations, community members and paypals had collectively donated the fund, it added.The fund was handed over to UN-HABITAT by the President of the campaign Mr Ankur Agrawal. UN-HABITAT has allotted the fund to a rainwater conservation project in Lalitpur Municipality.