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Kathmandu, August 1: Ten water reserve ponds have been constructed in Kathmandu for the smooth drinking water in the Valley.

According to the Project Implementation Directorate (PID) under the Melamchi Drinking Water Project, water ponds have been constructed at Mahankal, Kirtipur (two each), Balaju, Hepali Height, Arubari, Jagadol in Kathmandu, Khumaltar in Lalitpur, Katunje in Bhaktapur and Tigini.

Deputy Director and Executive Director Bikesh Badhanthachhe said that the ponds have been constructed in the first phase of the Kathmandu Valley Drinking Water Improvement Project run under the Melamchi Drinking Water Project sub-scheme. The total capacity of these ponds is 74,500 cubic meters. According to him, the first phase of the project has been completed.

Similarly, he informed that about 77 kilometers of new bulk distribution system with a capacity of 220 million liters per day has been constructed to send drinking water in bulk from the water treatment plant at Sundarijal to the water reservoirs in different parts of the Kathmandu Valley.

People’s News Monitoring Service.