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Melamchi
Water Supply Project
The
Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) is an inter basin water
supply project which supplies water from snow fed Melamchi
river in the Kosi basin in Sindupalchowk district to the Kathmandu
valley which is in the Bagmati basin in Kathmandu/Lalitpur/Bhaktapur
districts. The Project is financed by a number of International
banks and the total cost is estimated at about half a billion
US dollar.
The
Project is designed to solve the chronic water supply shortage
in the Kathmandu Valley with the diversion of 170 MLD water
from the Melamchi River through a 26-km long tunnel. The Project
comprises of five parts:
Infrastructure
Development
Social
and Environmental Support
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Social
Uplift Program (SUP): Includes buffer zone development,
health, education, income generation and community development,
and rural electrification
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Resettlement
Action Plan (RAP): Implementation of land acquisition
along the Main Access Road, Adit Access Road, reservoir
and pipeline routes for the Bulk Distribution System (BDS)
and Water Treatment Plant (WPT) in Sundarijal. Compensation
for the above land to be acquired
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A
hygiene and education program in Kathmandu Valley and
a public awareness program in the Project area.
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A
groundwater monitoring program, and
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An
Environmental Management Plan (EMP).
Institutional
Reforms
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Establishment
of the National Water Supply Regulatory Board
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Establishment
of the Kathmandu Valley Water Authority
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Groundwater
licensing in Kathmandu Valley
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Promulgation
of the Groundwater Resources Management Act
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Private
Sector Management of Urban Water Supply
Project
Implementation Support
Other
Studies
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