Baglung Market Faces Water Woes as Lifting Project Remains Undelivered

Baglung. It has been eight years since the lifting project to solve the drinking water problem of Baglung market started. Although 96 percent of the project was completed last year, the construction company has not yet been able to hand it over to the municipal drinking water institution. Currently, locals cannot drink the murky water coming from the taps in Baglung market without purifying it. The contract for bringing water to the market by lifting it from Kathekhola was awarded in 2075 BS through the Department of Drinking Water and Sewerage. 'Kankai, Jayamata JV' had taken up the responsibility for...