Okhaldhunga, May 11: Minister for Drinking Water Rajendra Kumar Rai has said government was mulling a long term solution to drinking water problems.
Inaugurating a drinking water and sanitation project here today, Minister Rai viewed the government was working in a planned manner so that each settlement would get drinking water in a conveniently.
“I’m devoted to work since my assumption of office to end people’s compulsion of fetching water from distant places,” he shared.
Minister Rai assured adequate budget allocation for the drinking water projects which would supply pure water to the Nepalis.
He however reminded the consumer committee and general public to be aware for the proper utilization of resources. Consumers’ activism is essential to make project result-oriented, he viewed.
On the occasion, Chairman of State Affairs and Good Governance Committee, Ramhari Khatiwada, urged the Minister to take initiative to manage drinking water in the dry areas of Okhaldhunga district.
Similarly, former lawmaker Yagya Raj Sunuwar complained that Okhaldhunga district had not mega projects of drinking water because there was not a federal office for it.
He requested the Minister to set up a federal office of the drinking water in the district.
For the joint investment project, the federal government had provided Rs 86.4 million, while consumers contributed Rs 12.3 million in cash and Rs 24.7 million in labour.
The project covering the district headquarters and vicinity has been completed in five years. It was over with the cost less than the estimates.
