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Ministry of Water Supply

खानेपानी मन्त्रालय
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Formed	1972
Jurisdiction	Government of Nepal
Headquarters	Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Minister responsible	Pradeep Yadav, Minister for Water Supply
Website	mowss.gov.np

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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.

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. In 2018, under the Second Oli cabinet, the portfolio of the ministry was changed to its current form, Ministry of Water Supply.

Organisational structure

The Ministry of Water Supply has several departments and subdivisions to facilitate and implement its work:

• 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

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:

See also

• Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management

References

1. "About Ministry of Water Supply and Sanitation :: Ministry of Water Supply & Sanitation". mowss.gov.np. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20.
2. "About Ministry of Water Supply". Ministry o Water Supply. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
3. "Institutions under MoWSS". Ministry of Water Supply. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
4. "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
5. "4 new ministers inducted in Oli Cabinet". The Himalayan Times. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
6. "Minister Prem Bahadur Singh resigns". The Himalayan Times. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
7. "New ministers from CPN Maoist Centre sworn-in". The Himalayan Times. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
8. "Prabhu Sah appointed urban development minister". The Himalayan Times. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

External links

• Official website

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