This is in reference to the report titled 'Royal rejection' (From the Nepali Press, #244) translated from the weekly Drishti which contains factually incorrect information stating that the royal palace had rejected the Asian Development Bank's proposal to bring a law through ordinance for the transfer of the management of the Nepal Water Supply Corporation. We would like to point out that Nepal Water Supply Corporation Ordinance-3rd Amendment, 2005, Water Supply Management Board Ordinance, 2005 and Water Supply Tariff Fixation Commission Ordinance, 2005 were approved on 18 April 2005. This was published in all the major newspapers on 19 April 2005. With the initiation of these Ordinances, the work of the Kathmandu Valley Water Services Sector Development Program (KVWSSDP) is moving ahead steadily, with the management contractors expected to be on board by September 2005.

Seema Rajouria,
KVWSSDP