Nearly 60 percent of drinking water in Lalitpur district contaminated with deadly microbes

Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited, the water supply agency, urges the public to boil water properly before drinking.

Nearly 60 percent of drinking water samples collected from various places of Lalitpur district—Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Godawari and Mahalaxmi municipalities—are found to be contaminated with faecal coliform.