Kathmandu Valley Drinking Water Limited has officially taken over the responsibility of carrying out water supply works in Kathmandu Valley from Sunday.

The responsibility to manage valley’s water supply was given to the firm established as per the public-private partnership concept following pressures from the Asian Development Bank and other donors to the government to handover the water distribution responsibility in Kathmandu valley to an autonomous body.

This was also the main precondition of the Melamchi Drinking Water Project.

The government has already handed over some assets and staff of Nepal Water Supply Corporation (NWSC) to Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Management Board (KVWSMB) which has, in turn, transferred those assets to the Limited. Following the handover, NWSC would from now on continue its work in 23 municipal corporations outside the valley. nepalnews.com ag Feb 14 08