The South Asian Women Development Forum (SAWDF), in partnership with TATA Project Limited, India has called for a massive safe drinking water project in Nepal.<\/p>\n
The project named ‘Creating Women Run Enterprises for Marketing Safe Drinking Water’ was launched at a special ceremony in Kathmandu on May 08, 2019.<\/p>\n
SAWDF informed that the project is a replica of the successful Tata Water Project through its cutting-edge technologies.<\/p>\n
Tata Water Project holds a record of serving 18 billion liters of safe drinking water to around 3 million people and has generated around 1,000 women entrepreneurs in India in the last 10 years.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the occasion, Nepali Minister for Water Supply Bina Magar said the project gives due encouragement to women entrepreneurship in Nepal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis initiative is not only going to help in establishing women enterprises and creating employment opportunities for women. It has also reinforced the importance of women’s intervention in production and national economy,\u201d says Magar.<\/p>\n
Explaining about the project, SBU Head at Tata Project Ltd HE Kutty said the project aims at providing safe drinking water supply to rural and remote areas of Nepal.<\/p>\n
Under the project, the company will first carry out an assessment in the targeted locations and further train local women entrepreneurs to take up the project.<\/p>\n