Ministry of Water Supply, Irrigation and Energy (Koshi Province)

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Ministry of Water Supply, Irrigation and Energy
खानेपानी, सिंचाइ तथा उर्जा मन्त्रालय

Ministry of Water Supply, Irrigation and Energy
Agency overview
Formed6 February 2022;2 years ago (6 February 2022)
Jurisdiction Government of Koshi Province
Headquarters Biratnagar,
Morang District
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Arun Kumar Jha, Secretary [1]
Website mopid.koshi.gov.np

The Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy is the governmental body of Koshi Province, Nepal, responsible for managing drinking water, irrigation, electricity, water-borne disasters (rivers and landslides) at the Provincial level. [1] [2]

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Overview

According to the constitution of Nepal, the provinces have been established in the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, as provided for in the three-tier government structure. Koshi province is one of the seven provinces in Nepal. [3] There are 14 districts: Bhojpur, Dhankuta, Ilam, Jhapa, Khotang, Morang, Okhaldhunga, Panchthar, Sankhuwasabha, Solukhumbu, Sunsari, Taplejung, Terhathum and Udayapur. There is one metropolitan city and tw sub-metropolitan cities. There are a total of 49 local levels consisting of municipalities and 88 rural municipalities. [4]

After Nepal was transformed into a federal structure and the system of union, state and local government was completed in the year 2017, the three-level elections were completed and the provincial government was formed. [1] The Ministry of Water Supply, Irrigation and Energy was established on 6 February 2022 with the responsibility of carrying out various works in the fields of drinking water, energy and irrigation in all the fourteen districts of Koshi Province, as specified in the division of labor regulations. Construction of drinking water plan (gravity, pumping, improvement of water quality), projects related to drainage, construction of irrigation projects, ground water resources, river control (embankment), works related to renewable energy promotion, study, research, plan formulation, approval and This ministry is carrying out the work of planning, operation and maintenance from the subordinate offices. [5] [6] [7]

List of former ministers

This is a list of all former Ministers since 2022–Present.

Ram Kumar Rai [8] 6 February 20229 January 2023
Til Kumar Menyangbo [9] 9 January 20237 July 2023
Pradeep Kumar Sunuwar [10] 2 August 20238 September 2023
Buddhi Kumar Rajbhandari [11] [12] 25 September 202314 October 2023
Narayan Bahadur Magar [13] 9 February 2024Incumbent

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