As per the agreement, it has been decided to immediately blacktop the Melamchi-Amwathan-Melamchidhyang road section by initiating a tender process worth Rs 250 million and ensuring a budget of Rs 1 billion.
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The government has reached an agreement with the Melamchi Flood Victims Struggle Committee to open the source of the much-awaited Melamchi Drinking Water Project.
According to Bishnu Khadka, the leader of the Melamchi Drinking Water and Flood Struggle Committee, a 10-point agreement was reached in the discussion held on Tuesday, ranging from infrastructure construction to relief, rehabilitation and long-term development.
At 10:30 am on Tuesday, the agreement was reached between the government and local stakeholders at the conference hall of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Infrastructure, between Kulman Ghising, who has been in charge of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Urban Development, D of the Road Department and other representatives.
‘With the agreement reached yesterday, the source of the Melamchi will be opened from Wednesday,’ he said. As per the agreement, it has been decided to immediately start a tender process of 250 million rupees for the blacktop of the Melamchi-Amwathan-Melamchidhyang road section and ensure a budget of 1 billion rupees.
‘Similarly, it has been agreed to submit the ‘levy’ (replenishment of drinking water) issue, which has been in doubt for a long time, to the Council of Ministers within 45 days and finalize it,’ he said.
However, after two days of discussions with the executive director of the Melamchi Drinking Water Project, including the secretary of the ministry, Pramila Devi Bajracharya, Jagannath Das, which lasted for two days, also ended without any concrete decision, discussions were started with Minister Ghising on Tuesday evening.
In which representatives of Kathmandu Valley Drinking Water Limited, stakeholders, representatives of political parties and Gen-G representatives participated.
It is mentioned that a committee including representatives of flood victims and technicians will be formed under the chairmanship of the Chief District Officer (CDO) of Sindhupalchowk to ascertain the actual condition of the flood victims, details of damage to houses, land, schools, campuses, wells, bridges and other structures and proceed with compensation and relief, and the work will be completed within three months.
It has also been agreed to construct the Golfuvhanyang-Chitre-Gyalthum Audit-Chanaute Ratopul-Palchowk Devithan-Baskhark-Yangri road, Melamchi-Thangpaldhap-Kot-Bhotang-Yangri and Phatte Keurani-Baskhark-Yangri roads through a multi-year contract process.
For the first time, it has been decided to give priority to the families of flood victims and deceased in the Melamchi affected areas in employment in Kathmandu Valley Drinking Water Limited (KUKL) and Melamchi Development Committee.
In addition, the plan also includes advancing the Melamchi-Helambu Integrated Development Corridor Program, allocating budget for blacktop in all seven wards of Helambu next year, and constructing the Ama-Yangri staircase. "It has been agreed to form a high-level committee under the coordination of the Secretary of the Infrastructure Division of the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers for continuous monitoring, coordination and implementation of all these works," said local Rajkumar Bhandari.
The committee will necessarily include the joint secretary of the concerned ministry and three people from the flood-affected parties. According to the Sangharsh Samiti, this time it has been clearly determined which body will do what, when and how. He said that some demands are still to be included.
