Naya Dhara Ko Kulo (Kot Village Panchayat), Sindhu Palchok district, Nepal

Resource System
Watershed and associated topography
Resource Units
Freshwater

The resource appropriated from Naya Dhara Ko Kulo (Kot Village Panchayat) is water for irrigation. Naya Dhara Ko Kulo was constructed in 1975 by the collective effort of the beneficiaries. The canal was improved by the financial aid of the Department of Irrigation, Hydrology and Meteorology. Farmers in the system have their rules for water allocation and labor inputs. However, they do not have a formal organization to enforce the rules. The canal has a low conveyance capacity which affects the productivity of the land. Inefficient management over the use of water rights is another factor affecting productivity.

This case study is part of the original Common-Pool Resource (CPR) database. A summary of the original CPR coding conducted in the 1980s by Edella Schlager and Shui Yan Tang at Indiana University may be found under the CPR tab in the Institutional Analysis section below.