INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BAJURA, MARCH 17Locals of Chaurata village in Badimalika Municipality, Bajura, are
beside themselves with joy as they no longer have to make long journeys to fetch water day in and day out
Now they have running water at their homes.
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Dhankuta local levels operating from rented houses
According to local Man Bahadur BK, they had to walk for around two hours
daily to fetch a pitcher of water earlier.
"We have a well that is two hours away from our village from where we used to
get our water, a routine that continued for about three decades until recently," he said.Now they have running tap water at their homes,
thanks to a drinking water project developed by Sudurpaschim Province government at a cost of around 10 million rupees and free labour of
locals.The water project that has tapped on a water source some 5 km away from the village has benefited 90 households of Chaurata
village."We went to many offices asking for help to end our plight, but nobody listened to us until we turned to the provincial government
Thank God, the provincial government paid heed and we have tapped water at our homes now," said local Lali Bista."We had to walk for hours
and wait for our turn for hours to collect water from the only well we had
Now we have gotten rid of this hassle," she said, adding that the easy availability of water at present had improved the sanitation
situation in the village."Earlier, as there was no water, people hardly used latrines
But now they do," she said.A version of this article appears in the print on March 18, 2022, of The Himalayan Times
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