Dhangadhi Faces Severe Drinking Water Crisis Due to Drought and Falling Water Table

Dhangadhi. A severe drinking water crisis has emerged in Dhangadhi, the temporary capital of the Sudurpashchim Province. Due to excessive heat and prolonged drought, the groundwater level has dropped, causing hand pumps, tube wells, and motors, which have been the main source of drinking water in various areas of Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City for years, to dry up.

For the past few days, there has been a severe scarcity of drinking water in the Syaule Bazaar area of Dhangadhi-14. Dozens of families here have been struggling for the past three months, searching for a bucket of water. With the tube wells dug in their homes completely dry, local residents are forced to fetch water from neighbors or distant sources to survive. Local resident Manisha Chaudhary said that since last Baishakh, water has stopped coming to the tube wells, forcing her to go to her neighbors.