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आकाशेपानीबाट जमिन ‘रिचार्ज’ गरिँदै

काठमाडौँ — काठमाडौं महानगरपालिकाले आकाशेपानी संकलन गर्न सुरु गरेको छ । गोंगबु आवास क्षेत्रको डबलीमा आकाशेपानी संकलन गर्न खाडल बनाएर संकलन थालिएको हो । यसरी संकलन भएको पानी पाइपबाट २४ फिट गहिरो इनार (रिचार्ज वेल) मा खसालिन्छ ।

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मेलम्चीको विकल्पबारे अध्ययन

काठमाडौँ — खानेपानी तथा सरसफाइ मन्त्रालयले मेलम्ची खानेपानी आयोजनाको पानी वितरणमा कुनै गडबढी आएको अवस्थामा त्यसको विकल्पको रूपमा अन्य खोलाबाट दैनिक थप १७ करोड लिटर पानी ल्याउन अध्ययन सुरु गरेको छ ।

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Public toilets to be built at heritage sites, marketplaces

Kathmandu Metropolitan City has decided to accord priority to heritage sites and busy marketplaces while constructing public toilets.According to a recent meeting of various departments of KMC led by Deputy Mayor Hari Prabha Khadgi Shrestha, public toilets will be constructed in conformance with design and location fixed by the Urban Planning Commission of KMC. According to KMC Rs 30 million was allocated to build sanitation facilities for current fiscal.

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सेनेटरी प्याड बनाउन सिक्दै

काठमाडौँ — त्रिचन्द्र कलेजस्थित युवा रेडक्रस सर्कलको भवनमा मुस्कान तेयुङ शनिबार सेनेटरी प्याड बनाउन सिक्दै थिए । स्‍नातक दोस्रो वर्षमा अध्ययनरत उनले स्कुलमा स्वास्थ्य किताबमा पढे पनि व्यवहारमा लागू नभएको बताए । 

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The Merchants of Thirst

 

KATHMANDU, Nepal — It had been 11 days since a ruptured valve reduced Kupondole district’s pipeline flow to a dribble, and the phones at Pradeep Tamanz’s tanker business wouldn’t stop ringing. A Malaysian embassy residence had run perilously low on water, and the diplomats wanted to shower. They’d pay extra for a swift delivery. A coffee processing plant was on the verge of shutting down production after emptying its storage tank. It, too, would shell out whatever amount of money it would take. Across the neighborhood and other parts of the city, the calls were coming in so feverishly that Sanjay, a tanker driver, jokily wondered if he might get carjacked. “This is like liquid gold,” he said, jabbing at his precious cargo, large amounts of which seeped from every hatch. “Maybe more than gold.”

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