{"id":421057,"date":"2025-12-06T14:30:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T08:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=421057"},"modified":"2025-12-06T15:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T09:48:38","slug":"yenga-hiti-a-1500-uear-old-water-system-revived-through-nepal-us-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2025\/12\/06\/421057.html","title":{"rendered":"Yenga Hiti: A 1,500-year-old water system revived through Nepal-US partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 6, Kathmandu:<\/strong> The historic Yenga Hiti in Kathmandu has been successfully restored, and its water flow reopened for the first time in 50 years. This significant cultural achievement was made possible through a partnership involving the U.S. Embassy in Nepal, the World Monuments Fund, and the Chiva Chaitya Organisation. The project was supported by a $275,000 U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grant, symbolising the enduring and strong Nepal-U.S. collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/unnamed-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-421058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/unnamed-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/unnamed-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/unnamed-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/unnamed.jpg 1124w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A <em>hiti<\/em> is a traditional, centuries-old stone water spout or fountain system found primarily in the Kathmandu Valley. These sites are far more than mere architectural relics; they are essential community resources and intricate examples of ancient Newari hydraulic engineering, providing water for daily use, sustaining local life, and supporting religious rituals for centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US Embassy&#8217;s Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Jason Meeks highlighted the profound impact of the work, stating that the restoration is &#8220;the renewal of a living water system that has served this community\u2014and the nation of Nepal\u2014for over fifteen hundred years.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The successful revival of Yenga Hiti marks the completion of the first site under the broader &#8220;Hitis of Kathmandu Valley: A Water Heritage Rehabilitation Project.&#8221; This larger initiative is designed to restore at least three traditional hitis in the valley and provide essential hands-on training opportunities for local students and heritage professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Nepal&#8217;s partnership with the U.S. through the AFCP is a long-standing and productive one, with the U.S. government having supported 28 cultural preservation projects since 2003, investing nearly $4.6 million to safeguard Nepal&#8217;s rich heritage while simultaneously boosting tourism and economic opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 6, Kathmandu: The historic Yenga Hiti in Kathmandu has been successfully restored, and its water flow reopened for the first time in 50 years. This significant cultural achievement was made possible through a partnership involving the U.S. Embassy in Nepal, the World Monuments Fund, and the Chiva Chaitya Organisation. The project was supported by &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":421059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,3,6,4,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-421057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-english","category-en-featured","category-en-news","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421057"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421057"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421063,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421057\/revisions\/421063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421057"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=421057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}