Role of Water Research Institutions in Nepal and its Impact on Policy Changes

Pradhan, Prachanda

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“…A research project in the 1950s around the irrigation sector in Nepal laid the path for a well-developed communitymanaged irrigation system in the country (Pradhan, 1989). Pradhan (2015) mentioned how their research findings emphasized the need for farmer management irrigation systems (FMIS) for judicious use of water across the different irrigation users while maintaining better cooperation among the users (Bhatta et al, 2006). Its key features focus on water being a community resource which must be properly allocated and distributed within the community based on water titles, implying obligations of the users so that operation and maintenance is done on that basis.…”

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Perform or wither: role of water users' associations in municipalities of Nepal

Singh¹,

Shrestha

Hamal

et al. 2019

Water Policy

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In Nepal, water institutions have played a very significant role, and in Tansen and Damauli, the presence of user groups has indicated that proper management of water can help people avert critical water shortages. However, although in both Tansen and Damauli the user groups have been operating for a long time, their performances vary. In Tansen, infrastructural constraints tend to throw up challenges, although operational hazards associated with the supply systems are no less threatening. Moreover, there is large-scale corruption in the systems' upkeep and maintenance, allowing low grade vendors to operate in place of readily available efficient institutions. In Damauli, the systems have been rather perfectly managed, except for minor glitches from time to time. Funding has been good and community bonding has paid off. This paper delves into the community-managed water systems in the two cities and how the performance varies across them and the factors that play a role. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits copying, adaptation and redistribution, provided the original work is properly cited

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