Nepal Water Supply Corporation (NWSC) has said that it would install 14 more tube wells to meet the shortage of drinking water in Kathmandu valley.

Annapurna post quoted the Managing Director of the corporation as saying that it plans to pump over 30 million liters of water from these newly installed tube wells.

However, only four of them would be installed – in Bode of Bhaktapur and Bansbari, Koteshor and Gangabu of Kathmandu – before the dry season begins this year. He informed that all tube wells would begin pumping water by the end of this fiscal year.

According to the corporation, the government has approved budget of Rs 155 million for the project.

Shortage of drinking water supply during the dry season is a serious problem in Kathmandu valley. The corporation has been able to supply drinking water to only half of the 1.8 million population. The demand has been increasing at 6-7 percent annually.