"Digital Water Voucher" has been introduced to distribute water to locals in Birganj, where the underground water table has dried up. Under the 'Drought and Drought Affected Project' run with the help of non-governmental organizations, free water jars at the rate of 5 liters have been distributed to every family member as a model.

120 households of Birgunj-11 cemetery toll are getting this facility from Wednesday. On Saturday morning, 65-year-old local Asam Mohammad Ansari got 30 liters of drinking water for six members of his family.

It had been a month since the chapakal of his house had dried up. He did not have the ability to buy water in a jar from the market as he was a daily wage earner. He is happy after he started getting 30 liters of drinking water per day for free.

'At least now the worry about drinking water is gone,' he said, 'Earlier, our people's representatives buried water boreholes in other villages but not in ours, now at least the worry about drinking water is gone.' He said that the compulsion to buy and drink water was avoided. When the underground water source dried up, there was no other option for water in the village. There were more than 120 households in his village who grew up playing with water.

Since Wednesday, Pure Drinking Water Company has started providing daily free water to Toll residents. Prabin Kushwaha, the manager of the company, scans the digital water vouchers brought by the locals who come to fetch water. Then the locals get free water . Based on the number of family members, the locals get 5 liters of free water daily. Bringing back the empty jar, the next day they can pour water into the full jar again .

Using digital vouchers to distribute water like this is becoming popular in a slum in Birgunj, an urban poor city. With the investment of UK Aid, Rain Project, Start Fund Nepal, CARE organization, Volunteers Corps Nepal organization conducted a 'Drought and Drought Affected Project' to distribute free water to the residents of a ward in Birgunj, and the locals got the facility of drinking water . After conducting a survey of households in need of water, such vouchers have been provided to every household.

Social activist Prakash Tharu says that the use of this digital technology to distribute drinking water to the locals is successful. "Now a drop of water is important for those in need in Birganj and surrounding areas," he said, "in such a situation, they are shocked when a family gets at least one jar of water for free every day." "If someone comes to Birgunj to get water by showing their voucher, the person from the water supply company we have contracted will scan and provide water," he said. The project provides a lump sum amount to the water distribution company for the purchase of water . Under the project, 16,000 liters of drinking water has been provided to the common people by placing 2/2,000 liters of water tanks in various public places of Akrant Birgunj-4, 9 and 16 and Bara due to the problem of drought. Under the