KAVREPALANCHWOK: Drinking water projects have been constructed at two local levels of Kavrepalanchowk.

With support from the Bagmati Province government and various organizations, residents of Bolakhe village in Kushadevi, Panauti municipality-2, and Bhimkhori in Roshi rural municipality-11 now have access to safe drinking water.

In Bolakhe, 60 households are now connected to a running water supply system. The project was implemented with the financial and technical assistance of the Swiss Government and UNICEF Nepal, and facilitated by the Civic Forum for Sustainable Development.

The village has also been declared a Water Safe Community, having met the minimum requirements set by the Guidelines on Water Safe Community Declaration – 2082 BS issued by the Department of Drinking Water and Sewerage Management under the Ministry of Water Supplies on July 31.

The project was completed at the cost of Rs 342,000, including Rs 40,000 worth of voluntary labor. It features an automated chlorination system to purify the water before distribution.

Similarly, with support from the Province Ministry of Water Supplies, Energy, and Irrigation, the Bhimkhori Drinking Water and Sanitation Project has benefited 372 people from 63 families.

According to Srishti Khwalpal, Chief of Drinking Water and Sanitation Division No. 3, Sindhupalchowk, the project was completed at the cost of Rs 8,461,259, along with Rs 562,662 in voluntary labor contributions, totaling Rs 9,023,921.