Ministry of Water Supply (Nepal)

The Ministry of Water Supply (Nepali: खानेपानी मन्त्रालय) 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] As of March 2019, the ministry is led by Bina Magar.

Ministry of Water Supply
खानेपानी मन्त्रालय
Agency overview
Formed1972
HeadquartersSingha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Minister responsible
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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.

Organisational Structure

The Ministry of Urban Development has several departments and subdivisions to facilitate and implement its work:[3]

  • Department of Water Supply and Sewerage
  • 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:

Name Party Assumed Office Left Office Portfolio
Ministry out of operation[4]25 February 201412 October 2015
1 Prem Bahadur Singh[5]Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party24 December 201520 July 2016[6]Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation
2 Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal[7]Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre)4 August 201619 January 2017Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation
3 Prem Bahadur Singh[8]Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party19 January 2017
4 Mahendra Yadav[9]Nepali Congress26 July 201715 February 2018
5 Bina MagarCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) until 17 May 2018
Nepal Communist Party from 17 May 2018		16 March 201820 December 2020Minister for Water Supply
6 Mani ThapaNepal Communist Party25 December 2020Minister for Water Supply

References
  1. http://mowss.gov.np/content/about-ministry-of-water-supply-and-sanitation.html
  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. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  8. "Prabhu Sah appointed urban development minister". The Himalayan Times. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  9. "Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba expands cabinet for second time, 19 ministers sworn in". Kathmandu Tribune. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2019.


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