41 projects of deep boring which were started in Mahottari to facilitate water supply have been stalled for years. In the financial year 2075/76, 31 projects transferred from the federal government to the provinces and 10 projects initiated by the provincial government are incomplete.

Major water supply projects like Kataiya and Madwahi in Manrashisawa municipality, which is being distributed by tankers due to the extreme problem of water supply, have been stalled for years. Arun Choudhary, the chairman of Manrashiswa-10, said that the projects are incomplete due to the problem of not having sufficient budget and even the budget that has been received is being withdrawn when the contract is not awarded on time. He also mentioned that there is a problem that the locals do not even donate labor in some of them.

According to Ward President Chaudhary, 5 tankers are distributing drinking water in 8 wards except 6 and 7 out of 10 wards of Manrashiswa Municipality. Now there is a water crisis in Bhangaha, Matihani, Jaleshwar, Ramgopalpur, Sonama, Bardiwas and other municipalities of Mahottari. According to Mahottari Water Supply Institute, requests have started coming from some municipalities and settlements to solve the water problem. Jatahi tol of Manrashiswa, Bardiwas 12, Bhangaha municipality has applied to arrange water supply in the office.

According to the Water and Sanitation Division Office, some old projects are stuck at the final stage due to lack of budget, some projects are stuck in getting land . Some projects have been stopped after little work. "Since the pending project has not been included in this year's budget, there is confusion as to how to proceed," said Sanjeev Kumar Sah, head of the division office. He informed that there are 5/6 projects that can be put into operation immediately with a small investment. "Projects that are stuck in the works like laying pipes and installing meters can be brought into operation immediately," said Shah.

Division Office Chief Sah says that the local people understood the importance of deep boring only after the water crisis started. "Now there are requests to not proceed with the project quickly," he says.

According to the Ministry of Energy, Irrigation and Drinking Water, there are about 400 deep boring drinking water projects in all the eight districts of Madhesh. According to the ministry's water supply department, there are more than 300 union projects and deep boring water supply projects of 80 provinces. But the ministry is not aware of the status of which project. Lakshmi Pant, head of the division, said that details about the project have been requested from the water supply and sanitation offices in the district.

The permission of the administration should be obtained to dig deep borings

The district disaster management committee has curbed the random digging of deep borings in Parsa, which is highly affected by drought. The Disaster Management Committee meeting held under the chairmanship of Parsa Chief District Officer Ganesh Aryal has decided that recommendations must be made mandatory before installing deep boring in the district.

A comprehensive meeting held in the district administration under the chairmanship of Prazia Aryal has decided to collect the data of water pipes and deep borings connected from the drinking water institute and other agencies, to identify the areas where there is a lack of water supply, and to prepare a concept paper for water supply in the areas where the need has been identified . UNICEF Nepal and District Coordinating Committee in coordination with Birganj Metropolitan Municipality have decided to identify the areas with water shortage within seven days and install minimum 5000 liter capacity tanks in the required number .