By: Pankaj Thapa Lahan Municipality in Siraha District of Nepal is a rapidly growing municipal area. As of 2011, the municipality, divided into 24 wards, had a population of 91,766 residents. A preliminary report of the 2021 Census suggests Lahan’s population has grown to 102,955 people. According to a 2020 report by EnPHO (Environment and […]
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In May 2022, Nepal’s Ministry of Finance released a budget of 1798.83 billion. Of the total budget, the Ministry of Water Supply received 37.45 billion, including 30.13 billion for projects under the federal government, 5.43 billion for projects under provincial governments, and 1.89 billion for local level governments. A budget of more than 300 million
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By: Somi Panday One of the most brilliant interventions in human history is arguably an unexpected one: the toilet. We use it every day with hardly a second thought for what lies beyond the shadowy pipe we see when we peer down our commodes. Out of all the types of waste society produces, perhaps the
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The Department of Water Supply and Sewerage (DWSS) claimed in 2018 that national sanitation coverage reached 98%. In response to a call for a united vision on Fecal Sludge Management, Nepal government published Total Sanitation Guidelines in 2017, which include FSM as an indicator. Subsequently, an Institutional framework on FSM in urban areas of Nepal
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“Very often when we talk about development, we imagine big highways, towering skyscrapers, and/or other mega projects – while all that is important, what we often tend to do is forget the necessity of other important activities for sustainable development such as education, sanitation, and public health. In Nepal too, most of our budget is
Golbazar Municipality situated in Siraha district of Nepal consists of 10,464 households with a total population of 47,763. While urbanized metropolitan cities and municipalities such as Kathmandu and Lalitpur are planning to implement systematic Fecal Sludge Management (FSM) policies, the Golbazar Municipality Office (GMO) – formed by merging 13 wards – is struggling to manage
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More than 673 million people still practice open defecation and 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services such as toilets or latrines worldwide, according to the United Nations. As the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 calls for global access to clean water and sanitation, developing countries like Nepal are working to achieve the
Meager budget, policy gaps hinder Nepal’s efforts in Fecal Sludge Management Read Post »
The Mahalaxmi Municipality in Lalitpur district is the only place that has a functional pilot fecal treatment plant. Though Lalitpur district has the population of 284,922 (as per 2011 census), the entire district manages with a single treatment plant in Lubhu of Mahalakshmi Municipality. The plant built with support from BORDA, ENPHO, Saligram Bal Griha
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According to Nepal’s 2011 census, 30% of the toilets in urban areas are connected to sewer systems while 48% rely on septic tanks. Though vast number of the total population now depend on on-site sanitation, meaning sanitation systems in which excreta and wastewater are collected and stored or treated on the spot they are generated,
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