Government plans to manage Melamchi water and to suppy watere to kathmandu with in two years. The government, as part of its campaign to supply adequate drinking water, has developed special programmes to distribute and improve water supply in order to address the existing water shortage.
The major work under this scheme is the construction of Diversion tunnel approximately 26.3 km long excavated by drill and blast method in order to divert 170 MLD of raw water from Melamchi River to Sundarijal outlet where the raw water is treated before sending it to Bulk Distribution System (BDS).The contract for construction of headworks and tunnel was awarded on 19 February 2009 with intended completion date of 2 September 2013. Actual physical works started in April 2010. But due to the unsatisfactory performance of the Contractor it was terminated on 25 September 2012.
