Arrangements to be made to supply Melamchi’s water to Kathmandu for 12 months

The government is to make arrangements to supply drinking water to the Kathmandu Valley through the Melamchi Drinking Water Project for 12 months.

President Ram Chandra Paudel said so while presenting the government's policies and programs on Tuesday.

He said that the water will be supplied to the areas outside the ring road and connected to Araniko Highway in Bhaktapur after the arrangements of supply of drinking water to Kathmandu Valley through Melamchi Drinking Water Project for the whole year.

The President said that the water will be collected from the water sources in Shivapuri National Park for the sustainable solution to the drinking water problem in Kathmandu Valley.