BAJURA, MARCH 17
Locals of Chaurata village in Badimalika Municipality, Bajura, are beside themselves with joy as they no longer have to make long journeys to fetch water day in and day out. Now they have running water at their homes.
According to local Man Bahadur BK, they had to walk for around two hours daily to fetch a pitcher of water earlier.
"We have a well that is two hours away from our village from where we used to get our water, a routine that continued for about three decades until recently," he said.
Now they have running tap water at their homes, thanks to a drinking water project developed by Sudurpaschim Province government at a cost of around 10 million rupees and free labour of locals.
The water project that has tapped on a water source some 5 km away from the village has benefited 90 households of Chaurata village.
"We went to many offices asking for help to end our plight, but nobody listened to us until we turned to the provincial government for help. Thank God, the provincial government paid heed and we have tapped water at our homes now," said local Lali Bista.
"We had to walk for hours and wait for our turn for hours to collect water from the only well we had. Now we have gotten rid of this hassle," she said, adding that the easy availability of water at present had improved the sanitation situation in the village.
"Earlier, as there was no water, people hardly used latrines. But now they do," she said.
A version of this article appears in the print on March 18, 2022, of The Himalayan Times
