KATHMANDU, NEPAL – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an $80 million loan to modernize and expand the wastewater network and treatment facilities in the populous Kathmandu Valley.
“Better and broader sewage and wastewater systems will improve health and living conditions and reduce river pollution in the Kathmandu Valley where the population has vastly outgrown the existing wastewater network,” said Manoj Sharma, Senior Urban Development Specialist in ADB’s South Asia Department.
This project continues work that ADB has been doing with the Government of Nepal since 2000 to improve water supply in the Kathmandu Valley. This includes the development of the 27.5-kilometer Melamchi tunnel, which will bring an additional 170 million liters of water per day into the Kathmandu Valley from 2016 when the tunnel is due to be completed. Currently, the valley only receives around 100 million liters per day.
“Better and broader sewage and wastewater systems will improve health and living conditions and reduce river pollution in the Kathmandu Valley where the population has vastly outgrown the existing wastewater network,” said Manoj Sharma, Senior Urban Development Specialist in ADB’s South Asia Department.
This project continues work that ADB has been doing with the Government of Nepal since 2000 to improve water supply in the Kathmandu Valley. This includes the development of the 27.5-kilometer Melamchi tunnel, which will bring an additional 170 million liters of water per day into the Kathmandu Valley from 2016 when the tunnel is due to be completed. Currently, the valley only receives around 100 million liters per day.
