Quake-hit Jajarkot villages reel under water shortage after sources dry up

The magnitude 6.4 earthquake last November damaged 480 drinking water projects in Jajarkot, Salyan, and Rukum West districts.

The source of the Kapke Drinking Water Project in ward 9 of Barekot Rural Municipality dried up after the magnitude 6.4 earthquake jolted the area on November 3 last year. The water intake area subsided nearly by nearly one foot after the quake. There has been an acute shortage of drinking water in the Kapke area over the past seven months, leaving 120 households in hardships. The locals are forced to manage water from the Sidherikhola stream, which is around half an hour walk from the settlement.