Ministry of Water Supply

Ministry of Water Supply
खानेपानी मन्त्रालय
Emblem of Nepal
Agency overview
Formed1972
Dissolved13 May 2026
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Nepal
Headquarters
Minister responsible
Websitemows.gov.np

The Ministry of Water Supply (Nepali: खानेपानी मन्त्रालय, romanized: Khānēpānī mantrālaya) was a government ministry of Nepal that was responsible to provide effective, sustainable and quality water supply and sanitation to the people of Nepal.[1]

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.[2] 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:[3]

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[4]25 February 201412 October 2015
1 Prem Bahadur Singh[5]Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party24 December 201520 July 2016[6]Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation
2 Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal[7]Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre)4 August 201619 January 2017Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation
3 Prem Bahadur Singh[8]Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party19 January 2017
4 Mahendra YadavNepali Congress26 July 201715 February 2018
5 Bina MagarCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) until 17 May 2018
Nepal Communist Party from 17 May 2018		16 March 201820 December 2020Minister of Water Supply
6 Mani ThapaNepal Communist Party25 December 202020 May 2021
7 Anil Kumar JhaFederal Socialist Forum, Nepal4 June 202122 June 2021
8 Uma Kanta ChaudharyNepali Congress8 October 202126 December 2022
9 Abdul KhanJanamat Party26 December 202231 March 2023
10 Mahindra Ray YadavNepal Socialist Party31 March 20237 May

2023

11 Pradeep Yadav People's Socialist Party 15 July 2024 9 September 2025
12 Nisha Mehta Rastriya Swatantra Party 27 March 2026 13 May 2026

(last holder)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About Ministry of Water Supply and Sanitation :: Ministry of Water Supply & Sanitation". mowss.gov.np. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20.
  2. ↑ "About Ministry of Water Supply". Ministry o Water Supply. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Institutions under MoWSS". Ministry of Water Supply. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "4 new ministers inducted in Oli Cabinet". The Himalayan Times. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Minister Prem Bahadur Singh resigns". The Himalayan Times. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "New ministers from CPN Maoist Centre sworn-in". The Himalayan Times. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Prabhu Sah appointed urban development minister". The Himalayan Times. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

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  1. ↑ "Nisha Mehta sssumes office as Health and Water Supply Minister". The Himalayan Times. 27 March 2026. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
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