KATHMANDU, June 21: People's representatives have complained that the populace in rural areas has been deprived of clean drinking water for the past five years as ‘large’ projects aimed at catering to larger populations fall under the jurisdiction of the federal government.

Udaypur, October 11: A remote village here which struggled for clean drinking water for three decades has found the piped water supply, thanks to Gorkha Welfare Trust (GWT), the organization of the retired Gorkhas which made it possible.