Nepal
Nepal: public toilets – too few and dirty
14 Jan 08
Some of the public toilets that the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has contracted out to the private sector are clean, but others are just as dirty as those in government buildings and schools. Open defecation is still widespread in Nepal, even in Kathmandu.
Nepal: India funds water treatment plants in Maoist camps
05 Dec 07
The Indian government has provided a grant to install reverse osmosis (RO) water treatment plants at five cantonments serving some 15,000 Maoist Combatants. The project is part of the support that the Government of India is extending to the peace process in Nepal.
Nepal, Kathmandu: lack of awareness about groundwater pollution
15 Nov 07
Most people in the Kathmandu Valley have to depend on groundwater to augment piped water supply, which meets less than 50 per cent of the demand. Not only is the groundwater being depleted but it is also being contaminated due to seepage from septic tanks.
Nepal: UNICEF and government developing national sanitation plan
14 Nov 07
UNICEF and government bodies are working together to develop an Annual National Sanitation Investment and Delivery Plan to mark the International Year of Sanitation 2008.
Nepal: Community campaign helped control cholera
02 Oct 07
Cholera outbreak has become a yearly 'ritual' in Kathmandu and other parts of the country. This year a 'cholera and diarrhea outbreak control and monitoring' committee formed under the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works conducted an awareness campaign that helped control cholera in the affected areas.
Nepal: political advocacy - WASH coalition urges government to spend more on sanitation and water
21 Sep 07
The Nepal WASH Coalition has sent a letter to Nepal’s National Planning Commission and Minister of Finance, appealing for an increased budget allocation for sanitation and drinking water services, especially for the semi-urban and rural areas, where the majority of the poor and vulnerable live.
Nepal: lack of toilets means fewer girls in school
10 Sep 07
Only about 46 per cent of the 28,131 schools (primary to secondary) in Nepal have toilets. This accounts for 10 percent of girls not going to school.
Nepal: emergency measures to limit cholera outbreak
27 Jul 07
Nepal has introduced emergency measures to contain a cholera outbreak. Almost three quarters of Kathmandu’s water supply is said to be unsafe to drink.
Nepal: water borne disease a major health problem in Nepal
13 Jul 07
Nepal has the poorest drinking water and sanitation coverage for its population in South Asia and a large percentage of its drinking water contains faecal coliforms.
Nepal: political commitment and action for urban sanitation needed
18 May 07
Mobilise political commitment at all levels for effective urban sanitation in Nepal and back it up with adequate financial resources, recommend participants at a national policy workshop.
