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The government will launch special programmes to revive the rivers in Kathmandu valley to their condition about 50 years ago, a high-level government panel told the Supreme Court (SC) Wednesday.

The panel led by secretary at the Council of Ministers Trilochan Uprety, presented its plan to clean the rivers and create suitable living conditions for aquatic plants and animals within five years at a SC hearing Wednesday.

The government had formed the panel after repeated SC directives to revive the valley rivers. It includes secretaries from the local development ministry, physical planning and works ministry, environment ministry and Kathmandu metropolitan city.

According to the plan, the government will construct six large and 28 small water treatment plants at various places in the valley to clean the rivers, free the rivers from any kind of encroachments and plant trees on the river banks as well as the hills around their origins.

It will also introduce laws and regulations to make the construction of a septic tank compulsory while constructing a house, office or any other building to prevent the trend of connecting sewage pipes directly to the rivers.

To feed the rivers during dry season, when the rivers look no more than drainages, the government plans to construct a large reservoir in Sundarijal and collect water in the rainy season.

A detailed feasibility study will be carried out in the first year, and the plans will be implemented in the next four years, the panel has told the court. The panel has estimated the cost of the programmes to be about Rs 16 billion.

The government will earmark Rs 4 billion each year for the next four years, even if the Indian government does not provide the aid as promised, the panel said. nepalnews.com

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<< Begin < Prev 1 2 Next > End >> << Begin < Prev 1 2 Next > End >> Anzil Mani SIngh Maharjan  - Engineering suggestion,great if implemented   |113.199.193.xxx |2010-06-09 21:04:57 I am a Resident residing at Chagal,Kathmandu near Bishnumati river.I have seen the river clean when i was a child and have swimmed also.Its very bad now to see the river the way it is. My suggestion would be,make tunnels as below the road along both banks of the river till chobar and manufacture a big recycling plant and water reusable plant there.Clean water page for the natural river.This would provide drinking water too to the kathmandu valley people and they would dare to throw things and rubish to the place where they get their drinking water supply from. Anuj Bhattachan  - Hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....   |202.28.179.xxx |2009-10-23 03:52:05 Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....don't tell another joke..enough is enough. It is hard to believe all these sweet words!!!! tazer  - sundar safa harabara kathmandu   |96.250.146.xxx |2009-10-22 16:26:23 well sundar safa harabhara kathmandu ........ta bachai dekhi sundai ako...tara xact opposite cha sabai kura.......kati sarkar aye gayye...raja le chalaye....even maobadi chor le chalaye.......bhako chai kei haina.....maar hai maar sabai neta haru....tei bagmati ma dubera....dhaal ko pani khayera...... tazer  - herau   |96.250.146.xxx |2009-10-22 16:19:59 sunda ta sabai ramrai lagcha ni garne ppo hoki haina kulekhani ko pani ko kura sunda aba thikka huncha jasto lageko thyo...khai aile samma dekhna pako chaina aba bagmati n bisnumati safa huncha bhanera suneko cha....kaile huncha tha chaina....... Madan  - Hahaha   |166.137.134.xxx |2009-10-22 13:18:43 Paisa khaane arko plan? Sab wastage. Ram  - Reservoir   |70.107.84.xxx |2009-10-22 12:54:16 I think now the government has a better vision to ensure that the valley rivers have water flowing in them throughout the year. Nepal has been suffering water shortage mainly because of no retention facilities. During the rainy season all the water flows down causing flood havocs. If a number of dams are constructed at various levels during the course of the river flow, enough water could be retained to ensure that there is plenty of water during the dry season. Better late than never, the idea of constructing large reservoir in the Sundarijal is appreciated. joke  - jakejastai ho, buget chhutauchha money finished be   |218.186.12.xxx |2009-10-22 12:26:42 i am happy our nepal goverment wants to do some thing but the thing, is this real or joke. even got buget is the money realy use for the porject or just for the money eater without work? can you tell me any one? Mirak Limbu  - Waste of Money   |86.15.168.xxx |2009-10-22 09:57:21 Another mouth watering project to attract billion dollars foreign aid to pocket million dollars which will get nowhere. If and when the federal state system is adopted valley property and population hopefully will decline so will the wastes. The money should be earmarked for state government infrastructure. rabin sharma  - should be done   |86.51.52.xxx |2009-10-22 08:55:50 Very good plan as always and as all projects. The question arises ,weather the project will be carried out in due time or not ? wish, it ll be completed within the given time frame Surya Shrestha   |204.95.151.xxx |2009-10-22 08:08:32 If this plan works out I will be very happy and so will my other friends of our beloved Kathmandu.I was waiting for Government to make decisions like this.Cant wait for the day this plan will show its results and my Kathmandu will be a healthy place to live again.3 cheers for this plan.I hope and pray it will shape up soon.

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