KUKL water supply disrupted in Lalitpur

Water supply of Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Ltd (KUKL) has been disrupted in Lalitpur due to the flooding and landslides triggered by incessant rain.

The KUKL Lalitpur branch chief, Leela Bhatta, informed that the water supply has been interrupted due to the recent relentless rains, as the penstock pipe from Pharping Pump House and the pipeline from Nallu in Lalitpur to Chapagaun Panipokhari have been damaged.

"The pipeline and intake of water coming from Nallu have been completely damaged. There has not been any on-site inspection due to the landslide in Pharpingdanda. The pipe is bent and broken in some places and it will take some time to restore it", Bhatta said. 

Chief Bhatta said that it is difficult to reach the source and conduct an on-site inspector as the road has been damaged following the landslide.

Bhatta informed that about 70 percent of households will be affected.

It is shared that it will take 10 days to restore the service after the assessment of the damage caused by the disaster through on-site inspection.