Water scarcity leaves Bandipur high and dry.
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Ananda Man Joshi, president of a local consumer committee, said water sources are drying.
“We were bringing 300,000 liters per day from the source which lies 7 kilometers way from the town.
Now, we are getting only around 150,000 liters,” he added.
Kishan Pradhan, a local tourism entrepreneur, said scarcity of drinking water has affected people in Depchedanda, Piplegaun and Bandipur for the past few months.
Similarly, most of the hoteliers say their service quality has been affected due to shortage of drinking water.
“Some hoteliers are bringing water in tanker from as far as Dumre Bazaar which is eight kilometers away from Bandipur,” Bainsa Bahadur Gurung, president of Tourism Development Committee, Bandipur, said.
He further added that most of the hoteliers like him were using tankers to bring water from Dumre.
“The source itself is small.