Myagdi. Myagdi: Confusion has been created after the office of implementing the Greater Ghoptekhola and Piple-Bhagwati Drinking Water Project in Myagdi, which started a decade after it was included in the annual budget and program of the federal government, was removed.

The Federal Drinking Water and Sewerage Management Project Office, established in Beni in 2077 BS for the implementation of the federal government’s programmes in Myagdi, Baglung and Mustang districts, has been merged with Pokhara from July 1, 2019 as per the ministerial decision of the Ministry of Drinking Water.

Dil Kumari Khatri, acting chief of the District Coordination Committee, said that after the cancellation of beni’s office, there has been confusion in the implementation of the project, which was started at a cost of about Rs 1 billion to provide clean and systematic drinking water facilities to about 5,000 households.

“Due to lack of planning and budget till the office was in place, only the work of awarding contracts for the pride drinking water projects of Myagdi was done,” he said. According to him, many drinking water projects in Myagdi were stuck after the then Drinking Water and Sanitation Division Office was abolished in 2074÷75 BS.

Problems in plan implementation

Greater Ghoptekhola and Piple-Bhagwati Drinking Water Scheme S. It has been included in the federal government’s annual development budget and program since 2073. The plan could not be implemented due to lack of budgetary assurance after its inclusion in the annual program.

Beni Municipality-5, 6, 9, 10, Raghuganga Rural Municipality-6, Pakhapani and Ward No. 5 Jhin have been targeted. The last survey of the Mega Ghoptekhola Drinking Water Project, estimated to cost Rs 481.65 million, was conducted in 2022.

A total of 2,369 households in six wards of Raghuganga Rural Municipality and Beni Municipality will be benefited from the scheme. The contract agreement with the construction company was signed on July 28, 2081 BS at a cost of Rs 285 million 12 thousand 755 BS.

The contractor company has started the construction of the source, main pipeline and water processing center structure at Currentkhola of Raghuganga Rural Municipality-6. The project, which was signed on July 1, 2081 BS, is scheduled to be completed by July 15, 2018.

A decade after the proposed Mega Piple-Bhagwati Drinking Water Project was included in the annual programme to expand drinking water facilities to 2,416 households of Raghuganga Rural Municipality-2 and 3, the contract agreement was signed in June last year.

Last year, a source of Rs 100 million was ensured for the construction of the first pyokage of piple-Bhagwati Drinking Water Project estimated to cost Rs 373.7 million and a contract agreement was signed with the construction company for Rs 85 million.

Myagdi: The lock imposed by the political parties of Myagdi on July 12 demanding withdrawal of the Decision of the Ministry of Drinking Water to abolish the office has not yet been opened. Engineer nabin Subedi of the project office said that due to the lockout, there was a problem in the administrative work as well as the implementation of the plan.

“Internal audit, documents and implementation of the project have been affected,” he said, adding, “The contractors of The Greater Ghoptekhola and Chimkhola-Bhagwati-Piple Drinking Water Projects are facing difficulties in providing technical services as the documents are locked up at the office.” ’

An all-party and all-party team met Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel and Minister for Drinking Water Pradeep Yadav.

An all-party meeting held under the chairmanship of Him on Wednesday decided to keep the lockout intact until the establishment of an office with economic rights. The Ministry had sent a letter to the Ministry of Finance seeking consent for the establishment of a temporary project office in Myagdi.

Minister of State for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Kham Bahadur Garbuja, who is also a member of the House of Representatives, met Minister for Water Supply Pradeep Yadav and said that although efforts were made to restore the office, he received feedback to set up a temporary project office, but it has not been implemented so far.