An agreement has been reached to construct two drinking water projects in Banepa and Panchkhal. An agreement has been signed between two consumer committees and the Federal Drinking Water and Sewerage Management Project to provide clean drinking water to the citizens of Banepa Municipality 13 and 14 of Kavrepalanchok and Ward No. 5 of Panchkhal.
A separate agreement has been signed between Kamal Bahadur Tamang, chairman of Sanga Drinking Water Project Consumer Committee in Banepa, Sitaram Dhungana, chairman of Panchkhal Bhamrkot Lift Drinking Water Project Consumer Committee and Rajendra Prasad Shrestha, project chief of Federal Drinking Water and Sewerage Management Project in Banepa on Friday. One house-one tap will be distributed under both the drinking water projects. MP and former minister Gokul Prasad Banskota said that the process has been started to complete both the projects on time.
The Sangha Drinking Water Project, which will start construction from this Fiscal Year at a cost of Rs. The project will benefit 5,212 citizens of 878 families in 13th and 14th wards of Banepa Nagar, said Drinking Water Project Chief Rajendra Prasad Shrestha.
According to Shrestha, 28 kilometers of pipes will be laid for Sangha drinking water project. The agreement stipulates that 80 percent of the total cost of the project should be provided by the Federal Drinking Water and Sewerage Management Project and 20 percent by the people.
Similarly, the drinking water project to be constructed for five thousand 263 citizens of 884 families in Ward No. 5 of Panchkhal Nagar will cost Rs. 158.53 million. The government has agreed that 80 percent and 20 percent of the citizens should donate labor. Under this project, 31 kilometers of the pipeline will have to be extended. The project will be completed by FY 2080/81.
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