Hetauda, Nov. 19 -- The adoption of federalism has done little to quell the drinking water crisis in various parts of Makwanpur, contrary to what people had expected. The crisis had gripped not only rural villages but also urban areas. People in many parts of Thaha Municipality in the district still reel under the crisis, having to depend on faraway rivulets and ponds for drinking water.

However, things are going to change now, at least in some parts of the municipality, including Bajrabarahi, Chitlang and Tistung Malagiri, where about 1,100 households will get a running water service by the end of 2019 thanks to a drinking water project initiated by the municipality.

According to municipality officials, those households will have a dri...