Ghorahi: An agreement has been signed between the Water Supply and Sewerage Management Office (WSSMO), Nepalgunj, and Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City to ensure the regular operation and maintenance of the Fecal Sludge Management (FSM) project being implemented in Ghorahi. The agreement was facilitated during a monitor...
Kathmandu: Sanitation is not an issue limited only to toilet construction. The goal of safe sanitation cannot be achieved unless the entire sanitation chain collection, transportation, treatment, and safe disposal or reuse of human excreta is completed. However, in reality, many local governments have not been able ...
Kathmandu : The National Water Supply and Sanitation, Research, Innovation and Capacity Development Center (NWSSRICDC), in collaboration with UN-Habitat and the Gates Foundation, is advancing a series of capacity-building initiatives under the “Scaling Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Service Systems (Nepal)” project....
Kathmandu : A two-day Workshop on Safeguarding has been started today in Kathmandu, organized by Start Network Nepal which is working on disaster response since 2021 AD in Nepal. Major objective of the workshop is to strengthening organizational safeguarding systems, practices and accountability mechanisms related to...
The International Water Association’s 2025 Water and Development Congress & Exhibition was successfully held in Bangkok, Thailand from 8 to 12 December, bringing together water professionals and other key actors, from researchers through to government officials, to advance solutions for low- and middle-income cou...
Rautahat: In Ward No. 5 of Rajpur Municipality, Rautahat, handpumps that had never dried up before completely ran dry during this year’s dry season. The village faced an acute drinking water crisis. In the same area, continuous rainfall for three days in the month of Ashoj caused flooding. Due to inu...
Kathmandu: On the final day of the ongoing Water & Development Congress and Exhibition 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand, a significant workshop titled “Come Together: The Challenges of an Alliance on Safe Sanitation” was successfully concluded today. Organized by the Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Alliance Nepal (CWISAN...
Kathmandu: Nearly 50 representatives from Nepal are participating in the Water & Development Congress & Exhibition (WDCE) 2025, currently taking place in Bangkok, Thailand. The delegation is led by Pramila Devi Shakya Bajracharya, Secretary at the Ministry of Water Supply. Organized by the International Wate...
Sarlahi: In some villages of the Terai, many people still consider handpump water to be superior. They believe that handpump water is cold in summer and warm in winter, and thus, many are reluctant to drink water from piped systems. However, gradually, with increasing public awareness and improvements in water supply...
Sarlahi: Phulkumari Devi of Pidari, Haripur Municipality–9, Sarlahi, never needs repeated reminders to pay her drinking water tariff. Within a week of the Haripur Water Supply and Sanitation Management Board staff taking the meter reading, she visits the office to clear her dues. The Board has a provision of offerin...
