{"id":45586,"date":"2025-09-22T08:41:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T02:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/washkhabar.com\/np\/?p=45586"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:41:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T02:56:57","slug":"sanitation-service-excluded-from-public-services-gets-high-priority-in-ghorahi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/washkhabar.com\/np\/2025\/09\/22\/45586","title":{"rendered":"Sanitation Service, Excluded from Public Services, Gets High Priority in Ghorahi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44540\" src=\"https:\/\/washkhabar.com\/np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ghorahi-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/washkhabar.com\/np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ghorahi-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/washkhabar.com\/np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ghorahi-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/washkhabar.com\/np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ghorahi-2-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/washkhabar.com\/np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ghorahi-2-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/washkhabar.com\/np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ghorahi-2-1536x862.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Dang:<\/strong> Since sanitation services have not been formally recognized by the government as part of public services, households are often forced to depend on the private sector or manage septic tank emptying themselves once tanks get full.<\/p>\n<p>However, residents of Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City in Dang need not worry. The municipality has placed sanitation services among its top priorities, ensuring easy and accessible service delivery to citizens. Homeowners no longer have to run after private operators or waste time in unnecessary processes when tanks fill up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll a homeowner has to do is make a phone call to the municipality once their tank fills. Immediately, the Sanitation Management Division mobilizes staff to handle it,\u201d said Laxman Adhikari, Chief of the Sanitation Management Division.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25b6 Watch the full video here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0938\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0935\u091c\u0928\u093f\u0915 \u0938\u0947\u0935\u093e\u092e\u093e \u092a\u0930\u094d\u0928 \u0928\u0938\u0915\u0947\u0915\u094b \u0938\u0930\u0938\u092b\u093e\u0907 \u0938\u0947\u0935\u093e, \u0918\u094b\u0930\u093e\u0939\u0940\u092e\u093e \u092d\u0928\u0947 \u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928\u0940\u092f \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0915\u094b \u092a\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0925\u092e\u093f\u0915\u0924\u093e\u092e\u093e\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-3Wow_yMRyU\" width=\"828\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The service process is simple. After a phone request is received, municipal staff first visit the site to conduct a feasibility check &#8211; whether a truck can access the area, how long a suction pipe is required, and other practical considerations.<\/p>\n<p>Once the preparations are complete, the homeowner is asked to pay the prescribed service fee at the municipal revenue office. The municipality then deploys a suction truck with a technical team to empty and clean the septic tank. In this way, Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City has made sanitation service convenient, affordable, and citizen-friendly.<\/p>\n<p>That said, the municipality does not yet have a fully functioning fecal sludge treatment plant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly this year we prepared a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the treatment plant and submitted it to the Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management,\u201d said the Chief Administrative Officer.<\/p>\n<p>This demonstrates that if local governments show commitment, they can still deliver sanitation services even in the absence of full infrastructure. Ghorahi\u2019s model can serve as an example for other municipalities. Sanitation should not remain a compulsion dependent on the private sector but rather a responsibility and priority of local governments.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City is one of seven municipalities across the country where a Scalling of Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Service System program is being implemented.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44543\" src=\"https:\/\/washkhabar.com\/np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ghorahi-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/washkhabar.com\/np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ghorahi-5.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/washkhabar.com\/np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ghorahi-5-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/washkhabar.com\/np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ghorahi-5-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/washkhabar.com\/np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ghorahi-5-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/washkhabar.com\/np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ghorahi-5-1536x862.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to UN-Habitat\u2019s National Professional Officer (WASH) Sudha Shrestha, the program provides technical support to:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Develop municipal-level legal instruments for fecal sludge management,<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Collect and strengthen FSM data and update it in N-WASH,<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Conduct capacity development trainings on citywide inclusive sanitation, and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Prepare institutional frameworks.<\/p>\n<p>The program is coordinated by WaterAid Nepal, the Association of District Municipalities of Nepal, the Ministry of Water Supply, and the Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management, with financial support from the Gates Foundation and UN-Habitat serving as the implementing agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dang: Since sanitation services have not been formally recognized by the government as part of public services, households are often forced to depend on the private sector or manage septic tank emptying themselves once tanks get full. However, residents of Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City in Dang need not worry. 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