In Birgunj, hand pumps run dry even in mid-monsoon

Ajay Chaurasia hasn’t had a good night’s rest for the past few days since he has been waking up at 4am to arrange for drinking water. He fetches three jars of water for the day’s use from his neighbour’s hand pump and tries to go back to sleep.

Chaurasiya, a resident of Gahawa in ward 8 of Birgunj Metropolitan City, says if he doesn’t collect water from his neighbour’s early in the morning, he will have to go without water the entire day.

“We can lift little water through the neighbour’s hand pump in the morning. There won’t be water for drinking and cooking if we fail to manage water,” said Chaurasiya, who runs a paan (betel leaves) shop at Mai

Reference:

https://kathmandupost.com/province-no-2/2023/07/29/in-birgunj-hand-pumps-run-dry-even-in-mid-monso