It seems natural to have a well around the house. However, it is hard to believe when you hear that a well has been built inside a house where the family lives. Gopal Karki of Janatthan Tole in Debrebas, Dhankuta Municipality-4, has a well inside his house.

His well is quenching the thirst of the residents of four surrounding villages. When he purchased the land, there was no sign of water there. However, when he started building the house, Karki was scared when he found the source. Later, he turned the source into a well. 

He had bought a plot of land a decade ago. Four years ago, while digging the foundation for the house, water was seen seeping out of the ground. The house was built as usual. However, the water did not stop leaking. When those who came to see it thought that water had risen, he was surprised. And he was worried about what would happen to the house he had built at a cost of lakhs. Karki said that he was worried when he saw water coming out of the place where the house was built in the beginning. However, in the process of finding a solution, he decided to build a well inside the house. He has systematically built a well inside the house at his own expense. 

Not only his family, but also 30 families in the surrounding area have been able to drink pure water from the well. He has now built a five-thousand-liter well. The water distributed in Dhankuta must be boiled and filtered. However, since the water from the well is drinkable, the locals have been using it in pitchers or other vessels. The water from there has been used by consumers in Adhikari Tol, Amlatar, Nunthala, Magar Tol, among others. Karki's wife Ganga said that the water is distributed only for drinking purposes, apart from bathing and washing.

According to local Sita Adhikari, there was a well near Karki's house years ago. However, after the well dried up, structures including houses and temples were built around it. The water from the well inside Karki's house has been piped to a public place near the courtyard. 'Initially, I was worried when the water rose inside the house,' Karki said, 'Now I am happy to have managed it and provide drinking water to others as well.' According to him, the good thing is that no matter how much drought there is, the water there has not dried up. 

It is being used for daily drinking, and local Gopal Bhandari says that the water from there is also used for weddings, fasts and other social functions in the village. ‘The well here has given us a lot of relief,’ he said, ‘There is a Lakshmi Narayan temple near the well.’ Local Kopila Budhathoki said that the water from the well inside Karki’s house is used for various social activities organized there. She has taken the well water to her own house nearby through a pipe. 

Along with that, five houses have been built in Karki’s neighborhood in the last three years. Even when those houses were built, the water from that house was used extensively. He says that he has been able to help when the houses in the neighborhood were built. Adhikari comes to fetch water from villages like Amlatar, Nunthala, etc. Local Govinda Adhikari says that the locals prefer the well water as it does not need to be boiled and can be drunk without filtering. There is also a square of Bar Peepal nearby. He said that even the passers-by who walk up and down the hill quench their thirst with the water from the same well.