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. 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:
See also Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management
References
External links Official website



