Gupha Pokhari water lifting project reaches final stage

Kathmandu: A water-lifting project at Gupha Pokhari has reached the final stage. Eighty percent works have been completed under the drinking water project.

The cost of the project being implemented by the Drinking Water and Sanitation Division Office, Bhojpur, is around Rs 30 million. The project was initiated in the fiscal year, 2077/2078. The development site is however located at Chainpur municipality-1 of the neighboring Sankhuwasabha district.

Division Office chief Devnath Singh informed that they had aimed at completing the project within this year. The undertaking was launched because of the touristy places such as Gupha Pokhari, Suke Pokhari, and Jor Pokhari. The people in these areas suffer much from a shortage of drinking water.

‘We’ve prioritized this project to timely ensure water supply to the people here,’ Singh said, adding that although the project did not gain pace as expected in the past, it reached the final stage now. The locals would be handed over the undertaking by the end of this year. Consumers’ committee chair Prakash Acharya shared information that the construction of a tank, installation of electricity, and expansion of a 700-meter long pipe was over. For now, nearly 65 households from the touristy areas would benefit from the project and the number of beneficiaries would increase gradually, according to him.

‘Gupha Pokhari is a touristy area that witnesses the arrival of thousands of tourists in season, but the lack of drinking water was a huge setback. Even the settlements here had not expanded owing to deprivation of essential facility,’ he said, expressing hope that the completion of the project would contribute significantly to the locals and tourism promotion. He also expressed happiness over the quick pace of the project in recent days.

The project site is in a geographically remote area. After the Division Office got a new chief, the undertaking was accelerated, according to the secretary of the consumer committee, Santosh Limbu. Even the locals are elated over the imminent completion of the drinking water project. Earlier, they had to fetch drinking water after traveling for hours.

The project has now lifted the water from the Bhadaure stream located some 700 meters down from the Menchhyamphedi where the tank is stationed.

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