SATV KATHMANDU May 23: The 'One House, One Tap' water supply scheme that started at Dagatundanda of Badigad Rural Municipality in Baglung district ten years ago remains incomplete, leaving 380 families in the area reeling under severe water crisis.

As a result the residents of Dagatundanda have started migrating to other areas due to the lack of drinking water.

A public water supply system was constructed in the village in 1991 benefiting 700 households, and in 2015 a new scheme was initiated to extend the same water supply source to three 380 households.

The 'One House, One Tap' scheme was begun after the 25-year-old initial water supply scheme became dilapidated, but the locals are angry as the latest water supply scheme has not been completed even after 10 years.

Although efforts have begun to provide drinking water to 380 households through a new plan by the Water Supply and Sanitation Division Office, the project has not been completed even after 10 years due to a lack of budget, it is said.

Prem Lal Sapkota, a former chief of the local council from Dagatundanda, stated that people have started migrating out due to the lack of drinking water in the village.