| ‘No need to shift elsewhere now’ |
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| Tuesday, 19 January 2010 | |
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By Bhesraj Belbase
Locals of Chyasal Kwyalachi settlement in Lalitpur have set an example for others by managing drinking water themselves without seeking any kind of support from the government. The locals as well as the neighbors no longer have to face water shortage problem after the Gajalaxmi Drinking Water Management Committee established a water bottling plant in the initiation of locals and started to sell drinking water at a minimal price. Many people, who had made their minds to move to other places due to water problem, have changed their mind after the water distributed by the committee relieved them from water problem. Shyam Shrestha, a student of Patan Campus, who had thought of moving to other places due to no piped water supply in his rented house, said, “Now, there is no need to shift elsewhere as water shortage problem no longer exists in my locality.” The committee extracts groundwater from a dug-well, filter it through bio-sand filters and collect it in a reservoir tank. Water collected in the tank is sold after chlorination to make it germ free. The committee has been selling a jar containing 20 litres of water at Rs. 5 to the people. Shyam Awale, a staff of the committee, told that the committee-supplied water is easily accessible and cheap in the present context when there is limited water supply by the water supply utility and water of branded company is very expensive. Similarly, the locals also prefer the committee-supplied water, as they do not have to boil or filter the water before drinking. Awale told that the locals, tenants, employees and hotel entrepreneurs are benefited more by the service. President of Gajalaxmi Drinking Water Management Committee Babu Ratna Awale told that the committee-supplied water has benefited about 3,000 people in Lalitpur. Source: Gorkhapatra, January 18, 2010 |
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