The Ministry of Water Supply () was a government ministry of Nepal that was responsible to provide effective, sustainable and quality water supply and sanitation to the people of Nepal.
On 13 May 2026, as part of an administrative overhaul by the Balen Shah administration to reduce the number of federal ministries from 22 to 18, this ministry was dissolved. Its infrastructure wing was merged with the former Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport to form the consolidated Ministry of Infrastructure Development.
History 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. In 2018, under the Second Oli cabinet, the portfolio of the ministry was changed to its current form, Ministry of Water Supply.
Organisational structure The Ministry of Water Supply has several departments and subdivisions to facilitate and implement its work:
Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management Melamchi Water Supply Development Board Project Implementation Directorate Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Management Board Nepal Water Supply Corporation Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board Water Supply Tariff Fixation Commission
Former Ministers of Water Supply 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 Ministry out of operation 25 February 2014 12 October 2015 1 Prem Bahadur SinghSamajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party 24 December 2015 20 July 2016 Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation 2 Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) 4 August 2016 19 January 2017 Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation 3 Prem Bahadur Singh Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party 19 January 2017 4 Mahendra Yadav 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 2020Minister of Water Supply 6 Mani Thapa Nepal Communist Party 25 December 2020 20 May 2021 7 Anil Kumar Jha Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal4 June 2021 22 June 2021 8 Uma Kanta Chaudhary Nepali Congress8 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 7 May 202311Pradeep Yadav People's Socialist Party15 July 20249 September 202512Nisha MehtaRastriya Swatantra Party27 March 202613 May 2026 (last holder)
See also
Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management
References
External links Official website