Melamchi water distribution has been started in Bhaktapur Municipality from today. Melamchi water has been distributed from ward no. 1 to 5 of Bhaktapur municipality from the drinking water tank at Katunje in Bhaktapur. Chief of Bhaktapur Municipality Sunil Prajapati and Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) Bhaktapur Branch Chief Surendra Himalaya Shrestha have jointly started distribution of water from Sancho Kholi Melamchi Drinking Water Project.
Prajapati reminded that Bhaktapur Municipality has been taking necessary initiative to solve the problem of drinking water from the very beginning and has been emphasizing on distributing Melamchi water to the people within the second week of May.
Surendra Himalaya Shrestha of KUKL Bhaktapur said that he was proud to have succeeded in distributing drinking water of Melamchi to the people of Bhaktapur and expressed confidence that it would solve the drinking water problem in Bhaktapur.
The locals of Bhaktapur are very happy with the distribution of Melamchi water. Locals of Khauma, Itache, Bolache and Toumdhil, who have been facing drinking water problem for the past 20 years, thanked Melamchi Mayor Prajapati for distributing Melamchi water. Along with water distribution, pipes have burst in some places and water has been leaked. There is a demand from the locals that it should be managed soon.
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