Kathmandu, Jan. 24
Testing of tunnel of the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) would begin within the next four weeks.
Executive Director of
the Melamchi Water Supply Development Board Tiresh Prasad Khatri assured
Minister for Water Supply Mani Chandra Thapa during his inspection on Sunday
that the remaining works at the tunnel would be completed within four weeks and
water could be flushed into it.
“Most of the works of
the tunnel construction have completed. Repair of the exit gates has also been
done. In order to prevent the accidents like the one happened recently, we have
called a team of foreign experts for the inspection of the tunnel,” he said.
Two employees of the
project had died in July 2020 as one of the gates crashed to the gushing flow
of water. Khatri said that the project had applied some long-term safety
measures in the tunnel.
Minister Thapa had
inspected the tunnel and water treatment centre in Sundarijal. He had reached
Sindhu and crossed 9 km distance in the tunnel. He inquired about the work
remained and additional tasks needed to bring water to the Kathmandu Valley.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 25 January 2021.
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