Flood damages water lift project in Sankhuwasabha

Kathmandu: Flood has damaged the Sabha River-based Lohakot Bijuwapani Community Water Lift Project in the Sankhuwasabha district.

The flooded Sabha River damaged the project, developed by the Drinking Water and Sanitation Division Office. The flood washed away a water tank located at the water-lifting site. A house, which was also part of the project, was also submerged.

The Project had been serving drinking water to 100 households in Chainpur municipality-11 before the flood occurred. According to Office Chief Devnath Singh, the project was in its final phase of construction. The project was in the final phase of the construction.

The details regarding the extent of the loss are awaited. The estimated loss due to the flood is over Rs 15 million, while the total cost of the entire project is Rs. 110 million. The implementation of the project had begun in the fiscal year 2075-76 BS (2019-19).

Local Consumers’ Committee Chair Udhav Raj Trital said the flood washed away the entire equipment and structures that had remained on the river bank. The loss from the flood is estimated to be in millions of rupees.

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