Water Project

Two in tanks with a capacity of one thousand liters each takes the water from two sources to the collection tank.

• One in tank located in Jhakrithan
• Second in tank located in Newarikhola.

Capacity: 75000 Liters
Site: Jhakrithan, Hemja
Built: 30 years a

Hemja water project

Introduction:

Hemja village is located in one of the remote places of Pokhara, where 90% of the people depend on agriculture for their living. The total population has been estimated to be about 10,000 from ward no 1 to 9.The village lies under the management of Village Development Committee. The village doesn't have any proper facilities like telephone communication, health post or a police station etc. The drinking water system of this village has been frequently seen to be of the worst type, as many children and villagers has been frequently suffering from various waterborne diseases like diahorrea, dysentery, cholera and typhoid etc everyday. So having noticing this pathetic condition of the children and people of this village, our two volunteers from Sweden, Ms Anna Skaldeman and Ms. Daniella Kronvall, were very concerned about it. So along with them we humbly requested Ms. Betina Hoijer, Director of Swedasia Travels, Sweden to do something about it. She immediately responded by taking the water sample from the main tank for lab tests in Sweden and soon found out that the water was very polluted with different types of bacteria, causing water borne diseases. After knowing this we along with the members of Snow View Eco-Project students and teachers went to inspect the management of the water tank and prepared the following report after extensive observation and interview.

As per inspection done on 2004/5/28.Members involved in this Project

1. Student Members from Snow View Eco- School Project.
2. Teachers involved:

   Water supply pipes to Hemja village

1. Mr. Mahesh Moktan
2. Mr. JagatThapa
3. Ms. Daniella Kronvall( Volunteer Teacher)
4. Mr. Basanta Shrestha

3.Mr.kharananda Giri (Water tank caretaker)
4.Mr.Kesab Thapa (village volunteer)

Eco-project students questioning the tank caretaker	(Inspection under progress)

Through extensive observation and interview with Mr.Kharananda Giri (the main caretaker of Hemja Water supply tank) by the eco- project members has been found out that there are only one tank with a capacity of 75000 liters for 10,000 population of Hemja. from ward no 2,3 and 4 which means 7.5 liters per person. The system of safe drinking water is hardly seen. There are only about 65 water taps supplying water to 10,000 population of Hemja.

Condition
The water collection system is very old fashioned following only decantation and sedimentation method, which shows the main reason for being infected with various types of water borne diseases. As source of the water is very open, without any filters or cover, the in tank gets very dirty and muddy during rainy season because of the mud falling down from the mountains.
There is no filtration system in the tank and on top of it, they have never been using chemical substances like chlorine to kill the germs. During the winter season the source of water dries up and creates water scarcity in the village.

Collection Tank

Eco-project students on main collection tank	Water collected inside the collection tank
Ms. Daniella in collection tanks manhole	The water controller in the collection tank

INTANK
Source of the water

The view of unguarded and uncovered source of the water.

WHAT CAN BE DONE

The Hemja water supply system needs a complete renovation. The absence of filter tank is making villagers and children to suffer from different water borne diseases, so a complete new tank with filtering capability should be immediately constructed to save the lives of the people of Hemja village. We would humbly like to request you to help us out to build a filter tank to save the lives of the children and people of Hemja. We need funds to built the filter tank supply pipes and taps in the village.

HOW CAN YOU HELP

You can help us through financial support to implement this project. You can donate any amount of money to our bank account specially opened in Sweden by Mr. Kjell Borneland for this project :

The account no. 5353-10 094 51
The Bank is: S.E.B (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken )
Bank Address:
Västervikstorget
S-645 30 Strängnäs
Sweden

Registered on:
HELP-Himalaya
c/o Swed-Asia Travels
Box 170
For Further Details contact:
  reslust@swedasia.com

  info@helphimalaya.org.np(For further details of this project please contact)
Ms. Deniella Kronval- (Sweden)
Ms.Anna Saldeman- (Sweden)
Mr.Mahesh Moktan- (Pokhara)

 
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