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| Formed | 1972 |
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| Headquarters | Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal |
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The Ministry of Water Supply (Nepali: खानेपानी मन्त्रालय, romanized: Khānēpānī mantrālaya) is a government ministryofNepal that is responsible to provide effective, sustainable and quality water supply and sanitation to the people of Nepal.[1]
The Ministry was established in 1972 by the Government of Nepal as the Department of Water Supply and Sewerage under the Ministry of Water Resources. Before it became a ministry, it was working under the Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning and the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works.[2] In 2018, under the Second Oli cabinet, the portfolio of the ministry was changed to its current form, Ministry of Water Supply.
The Ministry of Water Supply has several departments and subdivisions to facilitate and implement its work:[3]
This is a list of former Ministers of Water Supply (or equivalent) since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:
| Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | Portfolio | |
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| Ministry out of operation[4] | 25 February 2014 | 12 October 2015 | |||
| 1 | Prem Bahadur Singh[5] | Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party | 24 December 2015 | 20 July 2016[6] | Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation |
| 2 | Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal[7] | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) | 4 August 2016 | 19 January 2017 | Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation |
| 3 | Prem Bahadur Singh[8] | Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party | 19 January 2017 | ||
| 4 | Mahendra Yadav[citation needed] | Nepali Congress | 26 July 2017 | 15 February 2018 | |
| 5 | Bina Magar | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) until 17 May 2018 Nepal Communist Party from 17 May 2018 |
16 March 2018 | 20 December 2020 | Minister of Water Supply |
| 6 | Mani Thapa | Nepal Communist Party | 25 December 2020 | 20 May 2021 | |
| 7 | Anil Kumar Jha | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | 4 June 2021 | 22 June 2021 | |
| 8 | Uma Kanta Chaudhary | Nepali Congress | 8 October 2021 | 26 December 2022 | |
| 9 | Abdul Khan | Janamat Party | 26 December 2022 | 31 March 2023 | |
| 10 | Mahindra Ray Yadav | Nepal Socialist Party | 31 March 2023 | ||
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