....capacity-building programmes in community level to empower the local people in conserving the traditional stonespouts and managing their local source of water. Similarly, the project will operate informative programme on quality test of drinking water and household methods of water purification
UN-HABITAT Water for Asian Cities Programme, Lalitpur Sub-metropolitan City (LSMC) and Center for Integrated Urban Development has launched a project to build the capacity of local people for the conservation of traditional stonespouts and establishment of community based water management system. The project has been entitled ‘Capacity Building of Local people in conserving Traditional Stone Spouts of Lalitpur Sub-metropolitan City’.
The piped water provided by Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) in Lalitpur is not enough to meet the actual water demand. The stonespouts in Lalitpur produce about 1.8 million litres of water during the dry season and 5 million litres during the rainy season.
“Realizing the fact that drinking water problem faced by the Lalitpur locals can be mitigated by conserving and utilising water from traditional stonespouts, we have launched the project,” said Dr. Roshan Raj Shrestha, chief technical advisor of UN-HABITAT. Executive Officer of Lalitpur Sub-metropolitan City Krishna Prasad Devkota said that it will be more effective if KUKL initiate to utilize the local water sources coordinating with the community in the present context when KUKL has not been able to supply adequate drinking water in Lalitpur.
Stressing on recharging the ground aquifer, Dr. Roshan Raj Shrestha told that it is equally necessary to utilize and conserve local water sources. Executive Director of CIUD Padma Sunder Joshi informed that the project will distribute water in the community level by managing water of Amrit Hiti, Tapa Hiti and Sundhara. The project has selected three traditional stonespouts to manage drinking water in community level based on the study conducted by UN-HABITAT to conserve traditional stonespouts and water sources in Lalitpur. The project has mainly focused on establishment of community based water management system associated with three selected traditional stonespouts in partnership with local users and the municipality.
The project will operate capacity-building programmes in community level to empower the local people in conserving the traditional stonespouts and managing their local source of water. Similarly, the project will operate informative programme on quality test of drinking water and household methods of water purification.
The total cost of the project is US$ 1,42,000 and UN-HABITAT has contributed US$ 90,000 in the project. The local consumers, CIUD, LSMC will bear the remaining amount of the project that will cover a period of 18 months from May 2008 to October 2009.
Source: Gorkhapatra
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