PM Dahal arrives in Melamchi

MELAMCHI, June 17: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has arrived in Melamchi today for an onsite visit to the national pride project, Melamchi Drinking Water Project'.

Minister for Health and Population, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, Minister for Physical Infrastructures of Bagmati Province, Yubraj Dulal, Bagmati Province Assembly member Saral Sahayatri Poudel and Mayor of Melamchi municipality, Aitaman Tamang, among others welcomed Prime Minister Dahal in Melamchi. 

PM Dahal has been frequently carrying out onsite visit to the project to speed up the effective operation and construction of the project. Prime Minister Dahal is accompanied by Minister for Water Supply, Mahindra Ray Yadav. He is scheduled to hold an interaction with local officials after the onsite visit of the project. 

The flood and landslide on the Melamchi Rivulet that occurred on June 15, 2021 damaged the source of the Melamchi Drinking Water Project. The Melamchi Water Supply Project was constructed with the objective of resolving the drinking water shortage in the Kathmandu Valley in a sustainable manner. Water was supplied to Kathmandu by constructing headwork in Helambu of Sindhupalchowk district and channeling water from the 26.5 kilometers tunnel up to Sundarijal. 

The Project aims to supply 170 million liters of fresh water to the Valley on a daily basis. Water from the Project was first distributed in Kathmandu on April 2, 2021 but the water supply was obstructed after a massive flood damaged the Project during the monsoon of 2021. Water supply from the project was resumed after carrying out maintenance of the project after the monsoon.