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Water supplied in Balkumari area not fit for drinking |
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Monday, 06 February 2012 |
 Lalitpur: It has been made public that the drinking water supplied in Balkumari area of Lalitpur is not fit for drinking. Environment and Public Health Organization in the initiation of NGO Forum for Urban Water and Sanitation had conducted water analysis of drinking water supplied in Balkumari area of Lalitpur and the water analysis report was shared amidst an interaction programme organized jointly by Newa Rajnitik Abhiyan, Lalitpur Nagarik Abhiyan and Balkumari Conservation and Improvement Committee.
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KUKL threatens to discontinue water supply |
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Monday, 06 February 2012 |
 By: Rajesh Burma
Kathmandu: An official of Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) has threatened to discontinue water supply if the KUKL has to face action for supplying water of sub standard quality to the consumers. Acting General Manager of KUKL Kiran Prakash Amatya has threatened to discontinue water supply from the treatment plant at UN Park of Jwagal Lalitpur if any action is taken against the employees of the Jwagal branch.
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Friday, 03 February 2012 |
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This is in reference to the editorial “Hospital wastes” (THT, Feb. 1, Page 8). It is rather shocking to learn how different hospitals in the capital are indulging in immoral and irresponsible act of dumping hospital waste in an erratic manner. Only increasing the number of health institutions does not guarantee effective health service delivery unless they abide by the rules and laws set by the government, without compromising on quality.
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Waiting in Fear: Bagmati evictions mired in confusion |
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Friday, 03 February 2012 |
 By: Kyle Knight
Champa Kamal sits in front of her home, holding her children. She won’t let them go to school – she’s afraid the bulldozers might come while they are away and they would get separated. With constant threats to raze the homes along Kathmandu’s Bagmati River where Kamal lives, she sits day after day with her children in her lap, waiting.
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‘National pride’ projects crawling ahead |
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Friday, 03 February 2012 |
 By: Ramesh Shrestha
Kathmandu: Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has listed more than a dozen infrastructure projects as “national pride” in the Immediate Action Plan (IAP) unveiled last Thursday and set ambitious targets to complete them. Despite the prime minister’s grand plan for infrastructure development, the country’s high-priority infrastructure projects are moving ahead slowly, according to the Finance Ministry’s half-yearly review of the annual budget.
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