German govt. to provide 14.2 million rupees for reconstruction of drinking water project

Kathmandu: The German government is to provide 100,000 Euros (EUR) to the drinking water project constructed at Dhulikhel municipality in Kavrepalanchowk.

The drinking water project was damaged by a flood and landslide that occurred on the last week of September. The Municipality had in mid-October proposed the German Ambassador to Nepal, Dr Thomas Prinz for the reconstruction of the damaged project.

Mayor Ashok Byanju on behalf of the municipality and Tirtha Sinha on behalf of the German Agency for International Cooperation signed the memorandum of understanding for the same.

The German Embassy in Nepal through GIZ was ready to provide 14.2 million rupees in support for the reconstruction of the drinking water project. As per the agreement, financial assistance would be provided to the Dhulikhel Drinking Water and Sanitation Consumers' Committee within a few days said the Mayor.

Locals of wards 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 and government offices at the district headquarters have still been facing problems with drinking water. Meanwhile, drinking water is being supplied in the municipality after partial reconstruction of the project.

Committee Chairperson Krishna Bhusan Shrestha said 1.97 million rupees has been spent to carry out repair and maintenance of the project so far. Around 35 million rupees have been estimated for the complete reconstruction of the three-decade-old drinking water project.

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