Agitating tanker entrepreneurs agree to resume water supply

KATHMANDU, June 30: Tanker entrepreneurs and water processing companies have agreed to resume water supply in Kathmandu as the government convinced to set up a task force within a month to address their demands.



During a talk with Urban Development Minister Chhabi Raj Panta on Sunday, representatives of the tanker entrepreneurs and water processing companies agreed to resume water supply after Minister Panta promised to form a taskforce to address their demands.[break]



“The government is agreed formed a task force to address our demands within a month,” said, Bishnu Dahal, the coordinator of the joint struggle committee formed by the tanker entrepreneurs amid a press conference after the meeting. He said that they would resume water supply from today evening.



Thousands of consumers in the Valley dependent on tankers and bottled water for drinking and other household chores suffered after tanker entrepreneurs and water processing companies launched an indefinite strike. Accusing the government of not being serious about their problems, water entrepreneurs launched an indefinite strike from Friday. They had forwarded 20 points demands to the concerned authorities.



Over 200 processed water companies and 700 tankers have been supplying water to the consumers. The entrepreneurs claim that they have been supplying over 1, 50,000 jars of water daily during dry season and about 100,000 jars in the monsoon.

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