The tunnel head of the controversial Melamchi Water Supply project. Launched three decades back, the ADB-sponsored $464 million project will divert 170 mld of water from snow-fed Melamchi river in Helambu to Sundarijal through a 26 km-long tunnel. A conso
Water Reservoir - Sundarijal.The Bagmati is not snow-fed; it is a seasonal river. Yet each day, 30 million litres of water is drawn from the riverï¾’s headwaters to supply drinking water to the Kathmandu valley. In the dry seasonsï¾—pre-monsoon summer and p