{"id":430556,"date":"2026-05-29T21:04:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=430556"},"modified":"2026-05-29T21:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:19:48","slug":"budget-2026-27-government-aims-to-implement-arsenic-free-tarai-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/05\/29\/430556.html","title":{"rendered":"Budget 2026\/27: Government aims to implement &#8216;Arsenic-Free Tarai Campaign&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu: <\/strong>The government aims to launch the &#8216;Arsenic-Free Tarai Campaign&#8217; from the upcoming fiscal year. Presenting the government&#8217;s estimation of income and expenditure for the fiscal year 2083-84 BS (2026-27) before the Federal Parliament today, Finance Minister Dr Swarnim Wagle announced that from the upcoming fiscal, &#8216;arsenic-free Tarai campaign&#8217; will be launched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Swarnim-Wagle-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Swarnim-Wagle-1-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Swarnim-Wagle-1-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Swarnim-Wagle-1-1-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It has also been announced that deep-boring drinking water system development will be implemented at the community level to address an acute shortage of drinking water primarily in the dry season, in the Tarai-Madhesh region from the upcoming fiscal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, Rs 2.5 billion has been allocated for concluding 280 incomplete water supply projects in the Tarai-Madhesh. Similarly, as per the government&#8217;s announcements, a feasibility study will be carried out for diverting water from the Yangi and Larke Streams to the Melamchi River. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The expansion of water pipe network will be carried out in Kirtipur, Madhyapur Thimi, Jorpati, Pepsicola, Nagarjun and Mahalaxmisthan areas in Kathmandu Valley. For these works, Rs 7.26 billion has been allocated, the Minister said while presenting the budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RSS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to him, Rs 2.5 billion has been allocated for concluding 280 incomplete water supply projects in the Tarai-Madhesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":430532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[806,3,4,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-430556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430556"}],"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\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430557,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430556\/revisions\/430557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430556"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=430556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}