Environment Day: Why cities like Kathmandu are in a perpetual water crisis?

Suman Prasad Sharma started working as an engineer for the government in 1984. To the date he retired from the Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited in 2017, he kept working in the field of water supply and sanitation in different ministries and their departments. He has been crucial in building water and sanitation projects with a major focus outside Kathmandu.

He did his bachelors in civil engineering from the Bhopal University of India and a master’s in environmental engineering from AIT Bangkok. He has been involved in many ministries including communications, finance, energy, peace and reconstruction, at the secretariat level. He also worked as the executive director of the Melamchi Water Supply Development Board and Project Director for the Project Implementation Directorate (KUKL).