Nice to read all technical as well as political aricles on Melamchi. I am one of the engineers who worked for Melamchi Project in 1991-2001. At that time the project wa laaging behind just few months than the scheduled. After Royal bhatatattata and Gyaane's Panchayat, everything has beeen ruined. Please study all the documents regarding the options rather than Melamchi and think as an original Kathmandu dweller,you will realize that how importatnt Melamchi is for us. I am not talking only about Melamchi, if there is any alternative that can have sufficient discharge ( at least 170 MLD) I will be first person to welcome. Forget about lifting water from Trishuli or other rivers, we can not afford the cost of electricity and more importantly, there have been never sufficient power with us.