Nepal: PM receives 100,000 signatures from sanitation campaign

On World Water Day, 22 March 2008, more than 100 thousand signatures collected from 35 districts of the country were handed over Nepal’s Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala calling for increased funding and a national master plan for sanitation. The signatures were submitted by representatives of WaterAid Nepal, Nepal Water for Health (NEWAH), NGO Forum for Urban Water & Sanitation, Federation of Drinking Water and Sanitation Users’ Nepal, Lumanti Support Group for Shelter and Guthi campaign. The signature campaign was coordinated by the End Water Poverty Campaign secretariat.

PM Koirala said he committed to take necessary steps immediately if concrete suggestions are presented before him for the improvement of sanitation.

Sources: NGO Forum, 24 Mar 2008 ; The Rising Nepal / NGO Forum, 14 Mar 200