Melamchi Drinking Water Project

The Asian Development Bank said it was committed to completing the Melamchi Drinking Water Project which has been a long time in the making, and that it would extend the completion deadline if necessary. Hun Kim, director general (South Asia) of the Manila-based multilateral lending agency, said the bank wanted to complete the project as early…

The Melamchi Drinking Water Project (MDWP) is back in business with the government selecting contractors to build a water treatment plant at Sundarijal and resume work on the project’s incomplete tunnel. On Friday, the government awarded the contract to build the water treatment plant at Sundarijal to VA Tech Wabag Limited-Pratibha lndustries.…