Pre-Melamchi project demands Rs 1.28 billion, says KUKL

Pre-Melamchi project demands Rs 1.28 billion, says KUKL
Nepalnews, 18-Mar-10

The Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) has on Wednesday said that some Rs. 1.28 billion is needed to complete the Pre-Melamchi Project in the capital.

Out of the total amount, Rs 620 million will be provided from the government, said Chandra Lal Nakarmi, Technical Manager of the KUKL while speaking at an interaction program organized by NGO Forum for Urban Water and Sanitation in the capital.

According to the KUKL, in the present scenario it is capable to distribute 140 million liters of drinking water per day in the valley whereas the demand stands at 320 million liters per day.

There are total 42 sub-projects under the Pre-Melamchi Project.

“It will take five years to distribute the Melamchi drinking water to the valley. So, the Pre-Melamchi project is important to address the rising demand of drinking water in the valley,” said Nakarmi adding,” The Pre-Melamchi project will be completed within two years which can supply more than 50 million liters of water per day.”

According to the KUKL, it will be in position to provide 170 million liters of water per day after the Melamchi Water Project is completed by the end of 2014.

By the year 2025 the KUKL said it would be enabled to distribute 510 million liters of drinking water per day in the valley.

The Pre-Melamchi Project and the Melamchi Project together can supply water every 2 hours a day to each household, claimed the KUKL.

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