{"id":35643,"date":"2025-11-18T14:21:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=35643"},"modified":"2025-11-18T14:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:36:21","slug":"238-families-in-annapurna-have-now-access-to-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/238-families-in-annapurna-have-now-access-to-drinking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"238 families in Annapurna have now access to drinking water"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Bhojpur, Nov 18:<\/strong> The issue of drinking water shortage for 238 families in Annapurna of Temkemaiyung rural municipality\u20133 in Bhojpur, the district in Koshi Province, has finally resolved.<\/p>\n<p>The Annapurna\u2013Bakhrang\u2013Bahungaun Water Supply Project, developed with support from the Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Association of the British Gurkhas, has ensured the community&#8217;s access to drinking water. The locals here had been waiting for their access to a reliable source of water for many years.<\/p>\n<p>Under the project, waters from six local water resources have now collected and distributed directly to households across the settlement. The project includes 26,095 meters of pipeline, 15 collection tanks, and nine distribution tanks. With water now running to every home, daily life has become much easier, said local resident Raj Bahadur Rai.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ward Chairperson Purna Prasad Rai, the total cost of the project is Rs 21.02 million including VAT, and community members contributed a voluntary labor worth Rs 5,263,000 to the project.<\/p>\n<p>Rural municipality Vice-Chair Ramadevi Rai said the project\u2019s completion has resolved one of the most persistent problems at the locality, adding that although the local government has many pressing needs, limited internal resources make it difficult to address everything at once.<\/p>\n<p>Municipality Chair Saroj Basnet added that they are working in a planned and prioritized manner, focusing on health, education, drinking water, agriculture, and road infrastructure. He acknowledged that the region\u2019s difficult terrain continues to pose challenges for development work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhojpur, Nov 18: The issue of drinking water shortage for 238 families in Annapurna of Temkemaiyung rural municipality\u20133 in Bhojpur, the district in Koshi Province, has finally resolved. The Annapurna\u2013Bakhrang\u2013Bahungaun Water Supply Project, developed with support from the Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Association of the British Gurkhas, has ensured the community&#8217;s access to drinking water. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35643"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35646,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35643\/revisions\/35646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}