Kathmandu contract draws its final breath
- From: Vol 8, Issue 6 (June 2007)
- Category: General
- Region: Asia
- Country:
- Related Companies: Guyana Water and Severn Trent
Severn Trent has walked away from negotiations for the Kathmandu management contract. After two decades of political infighting, a long-term solution to water supply in Nepal’s central valley is still nowhere in sight.
Nepal’s Melamchi Water Supply Project was dealt a fatal blow on 21 May, when Severn Trent Water International (STWI) announced that it had failed to conclude negotiations with the Nepalese government. The aim had been to secure a contract to assist in the development and management of a new publicly owned water utility for Kathmandu Valley.
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