Access to drinking water and agricultural support for the community of Yangri village

WHERE 

Nepal, Bagmati Province, Sindhupalchok District, Panchpokharithagpal Rural Municipality, Yangri village.

CONTEXT

The project aims to ensure access to drinking water and improve hygiene practices for the Yangri community. The community's water system was destroyed by the flooding of the Melamchi River in June 2021, creating a severe shortage of safe water. Since the destruction of the existing system, the community has relied on a temporary pipe connection that does not provide safe water. Thanks to funding from the  8X1000 Tavola Valdese, ASIA, in collaboration with local partner Janahit Nepal, has constructed a new water system guaranteeing access to drinking water for 55 families in Yangri.

OBJECTIVES

General objective
To guarantee access to drinking water in Sindhupalchok District.

Specific objective
To provide drinking water to 55 families in Yangri village.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

• Completion of the water system construction for the Yangri community: a spring intake system was built, along with a 5,000-litre storage tank and an 18,000-litre ferrocement reserve tank, 2,026 metres of main pipeline and 3,082 metres of distribution pipeline installed, 47 taps constructed (46 for households and 1 for the school), and 800 metres of drainage pipeline built.
• Final water quality analyses conducted, confirming the full potability of the water source.
• Official handover of the water system to the management committee and beneficiary community, accompanied by certification of works quality.
   

RESULTS

The Yangri community now has access to safe drinking water. A complete water system with 47 distribution points and supporting infrastructure has been built and handed over; works quality has been certified and water potability confirmed through final analyses.

BENEFICIARIES

Direct: 55 families, totalling 220 people.
Indirect: approximately 890 people.

PARTNERS

Janahit Nepal

PROJECT FUNDED BY

Tavola Valdese