Water is one of the basic human necessities but a large proportion of the Nepalese population is devoid of access to safe and adequate drinking water..The civil contractor of the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) has resumed work and has been close to meeting its daily quota of tunnel work in recent weeks. Changing its previous tendency of dillydallying without any definite reason and piling complaints one after another, Italian contractor Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti di Ravenna (CMC) has now accelerated its tunnel work, which is proceeding close to the daily requirement of 35 meters. CMC is now digging the tunnels at five work faces out of six and officials estimate that resumption of tunnel work at the Ambathan face, the sixth work face, will mean the target of 35 meters per day will be met. The major work under this scheme is the construction of Diversion tunnel approximately 26.3 km long excavated by drill and blast method in order to divert 170 MLD of raw water from Melamchi River to Sundarijal outlet where the raw water is treated before sending it to Bulk Distribution System (BDS). The contract for construction of headworks and tunnel was awarded on 19 February 2009 with intended completion date of 2 September 2013. Actual physical works started in April 2010. But due to the unsatisfactory performance of the Contractor it was terminated on 25 September 2012. Water is one of the basic human necessities but a large proportion of the Nepalese population is devoid of access to safe and adequate drinking water.