ब्युँताइँदै ऐतिहासिक ढुंगेधारा

काठमाडौँ — स्वयम्भूको डल्लुस्थित ऐतिहासिक ढुंगेधारा निर्माण कार्य सुरु भएको छ । वर्षौं पहिले स्थानीयले नै पुरेको ढुंगेधारा पुनः निर्माण भएको हो ।चैतमा प्रतिनिधिसभाका सांसद जीवनराम श्रेष्ठ, नवजागृति क्लब र स्थानीयको पहलमा ऐतिहासिक ढुंगेधारा तथा डल्लु चौतारा उपभोक्ता समिति गठन गरेको थियो । वर्षौं पहिले निर्माण भएकोढुंगेधाराबारे यकिन तथ्य भने छैन । तर विसं २०३४ सालमा स्थानीयकै पहलमा ढुंगेधारा मासेर एकतले घरमा पुस्तकालय सुरु गरेको समितिका संयोजक अमरबहादुर रञ्जितले बताए । त्यसबेला धारामा थोरै भए पनि पानी बग्ने गरेको उनको अनुमान छ  ।

Kathmandu Metropolis to launch ‘Recharge Kathmandu’ programme

The Department of Environment Management of Kathmandu Metropolitan City is set to launch ‘Recharge Kathmandu’ programme from government offices and the houses of its employees soon. According to DoEM chief Hari Kumar Shrestha, the programme aims to raise level of groundwater of the capital city. The groundwater level of the city is depleting and needs to be recharged. Groundwater recharge is a process in which water moves downward from earth’s surface to groundwater.

Kathmandu Valley’s stone spouts were once gushing with water. Now they’re slowly disappearing.

Threatened by haphazard development and a growing water crisis, Nepal’s ancient water management system is drying up.

The few stone spouts that are still functional provide respite for many locals who still depend on them for their water needs.  Elite Joshi/TKP

Chase Brush

Om Shrestha remembers when the gold-plated stone spout near his home in Patan Durbar Square flowed round the year with water so clear you could drink it straight from the tap. As a child, he would visit the fountains morning and night, using them to bathe, brush his teeth, and collect water for his family for cooking and cleaning. Even in the winter, when water was otherwise scarce in his predominantly Newar neighbourhood, Shrestha would be amazed to find crystalline water still pouring forth from the shiny mouths of the crocodilian motifs that adorned the spouts.

KMC to be ODF even without enough public toilets

KMC, the largest local body of the country ,has done precious little to be declared ODF zone. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration in the first week of July issued a circular to all local levels, including Kathmandu Metropolitan City, requesting them to expedite works to declare the country an open defecation free country by the end of September.