Nepal
Nepal: “illegal” water trading common practice in rural areas
19 May 09
Drinking water sources located on public lands are being purchased and sold illegally for millions of rupees after old sources have dried up.
Nepal, Karnali: no toilet, no job
19 May 09
Staff of a number of organisations in Dolpa, Karnali Zone, western Nepal will lose their job if they do not construct toilets in their houses by the end of this fiscal year in mid-July 2009.
Nepal: protests against water shortages in Kathmandu and Bhaktapur
23 Mar 09
Residents of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal have demonstrated against irregular supplies of water and electricity. They threaten to step up their protests if the government does not take effective action.
Nepal: extra marks for students with a toilet at home
23 Mar 09
Many students of Dhikpur Village Development Committee (VDC) in Dang Deokhuri District, southwestern Nepal, get an additional 10 marks in their exams if they construct a toilet in their home. Local women and young people came up with the idea to make the village clean and the schools agreed.
Nepal, Kathamandu Valley: water tariffs increased
11 Feb 09
Water tariffs in the Kathmandu Valley have been increased, to allow the government to award the tunnel construction contract for the large-scale Melamchi Water Supply Contract.
Nepal, Kathmandu Valley: fifty percent leakage in ageing drinking water system
11 Feb 09
Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL), responsible for supplying water to the Kathmandy Valley area, says that the ageing supply system is suffering 50% leakage.
Nepal: 10 schools selected for human value-based water and sanitation education pilot
19 Jan 09
Ten schools in the Kathmandu Valley have been selected to pilot a new education programme to be run jointly by the Nepalese Ministry of Health, the UN-HABITAT Water for Asian Cities Programme and Environment Conservation Camp (ECCA). If the programme is a success, its methods will gradually be introduced into the school curriculum.
Nepal: celebration of successful cholera mitigation programme
19 Jan 09
The number of cholera cases in the Kathmandu Valley has been reduced to zero after a month-long mitigation campaign. At a meeting to celebrate the success of the campaign, the government announced a strategy to prevent diseases like cholera and diarrhoea from recurring next year.
Nepal, Kathmandu Valley: increases in water tariffs expected
12 Dec 08
The Water Tariff Fixation Commission is expected to increase water tariffs by between 10% and 30% in the Kathmandu Valley, despite a persistent shortage of water in the area.
Nepal, Kathmandu: squatters seek NGO help to defeat river pollution
12 Dec 08
Squatters in Narayan tole in Kathmandu, have called in local and international NGOs to help them deal with pollution from the nearby Samakhusi River. They now have wastewater treatment plants so that only clean water is discharged into the river.
