January 13: Kathmandu Valley denizens will get water from the Melamchi Water Supply Project within the next three days. The water supply, which was obstructed due to flood and landslide, is all set to resume from January 15.    
Water is already being channeled to Kathmandu from Wednesday evening after repair and maintenance works. Senior Divisional Engineer at the Melamchi Water Supply Development Committee, Padam Bahadur Kunwar, told RSS that water has been diverted to Kathmandu from Wednesday evening as per the agreement between the Melamchi Water Supply Development Committee and the construction company on December 19 to send the water to Kathmandu Valley within 28 days.    
"The Melamchi water will reach Sundarijal-based water treatment plant within a few days as half of the 27-kilometer tunnel is already filled with water," he said.    
According to the Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited, preparations were underway to distribute water from Melamchi to the Kathmandu Valley folks from January 15. Around 170 million litres of drinking water will be supplied to Kathmandu on a daily basis, according to project director of Melamchi Water Supply Development Committee, Zakki Ahmad Ansari. -- RSS