Rule 28
Repairing The Project
1) Water supplier shall make simple repair of the project by using own resources.
(2) If water supplier has been unable to make simple repair of the project only by the use of own resources, shall make simple repair of the project by taking financial assistance from the concerned village development committee or municipality and required technical assistance from the district water supply office.
(3) If a water supplier have to make a large repair of the project, shall repair the project by making available of the unskilled human resource and local construction material such as sand, stone, concrete etc. through the consumer organization (user association). If skilled human resource, other construction material and technical assistance has
to be required for the repair, the water supplier shall repair the project by taking the skilled human resource and construction material from the concerned Village Development Committee or Municipality and District
Development Committee and technical assistance from the district water supply office.
(4) If the large repair shall has not been made only with the assistance of concerned Village Development Committee, municipality or district development committee pursuant to Sub-rule (3) water supplier shall provide such information in detail to the concerned district drinking water office.
(5) After receiving the information pursuant to Sub-rule (4) district drinking water office shall make field inspection by a inspector about the project as per the need and giving the required direction shall provide economic and technical assistance for the large repair of the project.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-rule (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) all the repair of the project operated by a licensee shall be made by him/her self.
Explanation: For the purpose of this Rule-
(a) “Simple repair” means the prevention of leakage of drinking water from the structure, covering the
underground pipes exposed in the surface, cleaning the structures, renovation of intake, reservoir, chamber, tap etc. if damaged and changing the head, valve of a tap.
(b) “Large repair” means any other repair work except than the simple repair which has to be made if any
structure has been breaked by a catastrophe or suddenly damaged by any reason.
(2) If water supplier has been unable to make simple repair of the project only by the use of own resources, shall make simple repair of the project by taking financial assistance from the concerned village development committee or municipality and required technical assistance from the district water supply office.
(3) If a water supplier have to make a large repair of the project, shall repair the project by making available of the unskilled human resource and local construction material such as sand, stone, concrete etc. through the consumer organization (user association). If skilled human resource, other construction material and technical assistance has
to be required for the repair, the water supplier shall repair the project by taking the skilled human resource and construction material from the concerned Village Development Committee or Municipality and District
Development Committee and technical assistance from the district water supply office.
(4) If the large repair shall has not been made only with the assistance of concerned Village Development Committee, municipality or district development committee pursuant to Sub-rule (3) water supplier shall provide such information in detail to the concerned district drinking water office.
(5) After receiving the information pursuant to Sub-rule (4) district drinking water office shall make field inspection by a inspector about the project as per the need and giving the required direction shall provide economic and technical assistance for the large repair of the project.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-rule (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) all the repair of the project operated by a licensee shall be made by him/her self.
Explanation: For the purpose of this Rule-
(a) “Simple repair” means the prevention of leakage of drinking water from the structure, covering the
underground pipes exposed in the surface, cleaning the structures, renovation of intake, reservoir, chamber, tap etc. if damaged and changing the head, valve of a tap.
(b) “Large repair” means any other repair work except than the simple repair which has to be made if any
structure has been breaked by a catastrophe or suddenly damaged by any reason.