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VALLEY WATER WOES: High time for rainwater harvesting |
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Monday, 31 October 2011 |
NAVIN ADHIKARI KATHMANDU: It’s a perennial bitter pill to swallow for Kathmanduties. Kathmandu Valley, which has an average annual rainfall nearly double than the world’s, is still going thirsty. The present average water supply of 119.2 million litres a day in the valley has forced people to take up extreme measures to ease their water woes. Deep tube wells, boring facilities, hand pumps and wells can be found elsewhere, leading to the fast depletion of ground water table. |
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Global Hand Washing Day: Clean hands for saving lives |
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Sunday, 16 October 2011 |
 Kathmandu: People should be made aware of the need to wash hands in order to avoid an epidemic outbreak in the country, Minister for Health and Population Rajendra Mahato said on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion of Global Handwashing Day, Mahato said the message that we should wash hands should be taken across to the masses. The theme for this year is ‘Let’s wash hands and protect ourselves from diseases’. |
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Sunday, 02 October 2011 |
 Kathmandu: In an effort to increase awareness about the importance of breaking the silence surrounding menstruation in Nepal, 10 artists joined hands with WaterAid to present the installation exhibition “Dropping it on development.” As to why art, Ashutosh Tiwari, WaterAid’s country representative for Nepal, says, “Instead of lectures and papers, we thought we should let the artists speak for themselves.” |
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KMC to collect only segregated garbage |
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Thursday, 29 September 2011 |
 Kathmandu: In a bid to reduce the quantity of garbage at source, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) will ask its residents to segregate compostable and non-compostable garbage after Dashain. The KMC said that only 50 percent litter are compostable. Thirty-five percent are reusable and the rest 15 percent, basically consisting of pieces of glass, bricks, concrete and stones, will be dumped at landfill sites. |
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Interaction on Melamchi Water |
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011 |
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Kathmandu: NGO Forum for Urban Water and Sanitation and Newah Rajnitik Abhiyan jointly organized an interaction programme on Kathmandu Water Supply Issues here in the capital to share the viewpoint of the Melamchi locals, officials of Melamchi Water Supply Project and Kathmanduites regarding the Melamchi Water Supply project. |
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