Government cracks down on water suppliers selling unhygienic drinking water after inspections uncover health risks

In November 2020, the Department of Food T echnology and Quality Control inspected a factory of a drinking water supplier in Tokha, north of Kathmandu. When the department conducted a laboratory test on its water, it found that the supplier was directly filling the jars with untreated groundwater and sending it out to market as drinking water.

Following that, the department sealed the water factory for over three months stating its malpractice, which posed a serious threat to public health.