The floodwaters have receded from Rasuwa and Nuwakot. The headlines are slowly fading. Relief trucks have arrived. Roads are being cleared. Engineers are assessing damage. Government agencies and development partners are discussing reconstruction. Soon, the conversation will shift towards budgets, recovery packa...
Nalgad, Jajarkot : Nalgad Municipality has taken a step toward strengthening safe, reliable and sustainable drinking water services by organizing its first Extended Water Safety Plan (WSP+++) Workshop, bringing water safety, service quality, risk management and long-term sustainability into the centre of local water ...
Kathmandu: The Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO) conducted a Training Package Discussion and Information Sharing Program to present a comprehensive set of training packages prepared by ENPHO and endorsed by the National Water Supply and Sanitation Research, Innovation and Capacity Development Center (N...
Nuwakot: A devastating flood in the Bhotekoshi River has washed away the entire structures of two wastewater treatment plants being constructed under the Trishuli Bazaar Sewerage Construction and Treatment Project in Bidur Municipality, Nuwakot, causing damages worth more than NPR 113.8 million. According to Purna P...
Kathmandu : Social Auditor Dr. Tej Bahadur Karki presented the Social Audit Report of Nepal Water for Health (NEWAH) for 2026. The report was shared at the 34th Annual General Meeting of NEWAH. The audit employed a methodology comprising field visits, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews, and covere...
A fecal sludge emptying business does not necessarily have to be limited to simply pumping out septic tanks. Service providers can offer customers an integrated service that includes septic tank inspection, emptying, and maintenance. Under this approach, septic tanks at households, hotels, restaurants, schools, hosp...
Kathmandu: The Dhobighat Wastewater Treatment Plant has been disrupted after heavy flooding in the Bishnumati and Bagmati rivers entered the facility last night. The treatment plant had already been undergoing cleaning and maintenance after sand and water entered the wastewater system earlier, disrupting its operati...
KATHMANDU : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $5 million emergency grant to support urgent rescue and relief operations following the devastating floods and debris flows that struck communities along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river systems on 26 August. “This $5 million grant is a promise kept,” sai...
For a long time, discussions on safe sanitation in Nepal have focused primarily on toilet construction as the main achievement. However, questions about where human waste goes after a toilet is built, who empties a septic tank when it becomes full, how it is emptied, where the waste is transported, and how it is safe...
वीरगन्ज : बारा जिल्लामा झाडापखालाका एक जना बिरामीमा हैजाको संक्रमण पुष्टि भएको छ। कलैया उपमहानगरपालिका -२३ बैराटपुरकी अन्दाजी ४१ वर्षीया महिलामा हैजाको संक्रमण पुष्टि भएको हो। ती महिलाको दुई दिनदेखि वीरगन्ज-१५ स्थित नेशनल मेडिकल कलेज तथा शिक्षण अस्पतालमा उपचार जारी रहेको स्वास्थ्य कार्यालयले जनाएको छ। गत शुक...
