Table 9.

Gap between municipal demand and supply of water (in million litres per day (MLD)) in selected towns and cities in HKH regions in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.

Name of the urban centres and sourcesCountryPopulationWater demand (MLD)Actual supply (MLD)Deficit (MLD)
Rangamati (Chakma, 2008) Bangladesh 84,000 9.1 6.4 2.7 
Baramula (Baba, 2016) India 71,434 22.7 7.9 14.8 
Shimla (Correspondent, 2016a) 169,578 42 20.6 21.4 
Mussoorie (Misra, 2016) 30,118 14.5 7.7 6.8 
Darjeeling (Darjeeling Municipality, 2018) 118,805 7.0 1.9 5.1 
Kohima (Yhokha & Resu, 2015) 99,039 10 1.2 8.8 
Tansen (Khatri, 2016) Nepal 29,095 2.5 0.5 
KUKL service areas in Kathmandu valley (Udmale et al., 2016) 1,346,518 362 184 178 
Pokhara (Correspondent, 2016b) 255,465 65 45 20 
Quetta (Balochistan) (Shahid, 2016) Pakistan 489,046 170 106 64 
Rawalpindi (KPK) (Ahmed, 2015) 1,410,000 79 20 59 
Mansehra (KPK) (Ahmed & Kiran, 2011) 49,534 8.1 4.4 3.7 
Karak (KPK) (Correspondent, 2016c) 27,893 1.3 0.6 0.7 
Name of the urban centres and sourcesCountryPopulationWater demand (MLD)Actual supply (MLD)Deficit (MLD)
Rangamati (Chakma, 2008) Bangladesh 84,000 9.1 6.4 2.7 
Baramula (Baba, 2016) India 71,434 22.7 7.9 14.8 
Shimla (Correspondent, 2016a) 169,578 42 20.6 21.4 
Mussoorie (Misra, 2016) 30,118 14.5 7.7 6.8 
Darjeeling (Darjeeling Municipality, 2018) 118,805 7.0 1.9 5.1 
Kohima (Yhokha & Resu, 2015) 99,039 10 1.2 8.8 
Tansen (Khatri, 2016) Nepal 29,095 2.5 0.5 
KUKL service areas in Kathmandu valley (Udmale et al., 2016) 1,346,518 362 184 178 
Pokhara (Correspondent, 2016b) 255,465 65 45 20 
Quetta (Balochistan) (Shahid, 2016) Pakistan 489,046 170 106 64 
Rawalpindi (KPK) (Ahmed, 2015) 1,410,000 79 20 59 
Mansehra (KPK) (Ahmed & Kiran, 2011) 49,534 8.1 4.4 3.7 
Karak (KPK) (Correspondent, 2016c) 27,893 1.3 0.6 0.7 
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