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Ministry of Water Supply
Government ministry of Nepal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ministry of Water Supply (Nepali: खानेपानी मन्त्रालय, romanized: Khānēpānī mantrālaya) is a government ministry of Nepal that is responsible to provide effective, sustainable and quality water supply and sanitation to the people of Nepal.[1]
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History
The Ministry was established in 1972 by the Government of Nepal as the Department of Water Supply and Sewerage under the Ministry of Water Resources. Before it became a ministry, it was working under the Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning and the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works.[2] In 2018, under the Second Oli cabinet, the portfolio of the ministry was changed to its current form, Ministry of Water Supply.
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Organisational structure
The Ministry of Water Supply has several departments and subdivisions to facilitate and implement its work:[3]
- Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management
- Melamchi Water Supply Development Board
- Project Implementation Directorate
- Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Management Board
- Nepal Water Supply Corporation
- Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited
- Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board
- Water Supply Tariff Fixation Commission
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Former Ministers of Water Supply
This is a list of former Ministers of Water Supply (or equivalent) since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:
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