'Ice Stupa' at Rasuwa to store water

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The test of water storage technology by making 'ice stupa' in Rasuwa has been successful. An 'Ice Stupa' has been constructed near Gothen Kharkan above Gatlang village in Amachhodingmo rural municipality-3. This is the 'Ice Stupa' built for the first time in Nepal. This technology has been used in Ladakh, India.

Mother Chodingmo Santosh Ghale, president of the society, said that the Resource Himalaya Foundation and the Langtang Area Conservation Concern Society have constructed the ice stupa in collaboration with the rural municipality. Due to climate change, it has been affected a lot in the Himalayas. Water sources are drying up .

Kamal Adhikari of Resource Himalaya Foundation said that the main purpose of constructing 'Ice Stupa' is to collect water in the Himalayan region. "In the months of November, January and January, the water that is wasted in the high Himalayas can be frozen for some time and made into an ice stupa," he said. In this way, the lack of water in the Himalayan region during the dry season can be met.'

The official says that due to the ice stupa, wildlife and grazing animals will not lack water during the dry season. Ice Stupa has been built at a height of 3,260 meters above sea level. Dipesh Pakurel of the Resource Himalaya Foundation said that water can be stored with normal technology. "The water coming from the force from above can be thrown and frozen with the help of spring call". "The temperature of the water flowing into the pipe from above and the temperature of the air together become zero degrees and the water freezes," he said.