Women of Nepal at traditional drinking water system in Kathmandu, called Hitti in Newari

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The ancient water supply system of Kathmandu in Nepal is called Hitti in Newari, according to wildfilmsindia viewer Sharada Shrestha. The increase in population is in turn expected to increase pressure on the existing water supply infrastructure of the Kathmandu. In this modern century,we can still see people adapting the primitive way of getting water from tap water in water pots carrying it all way till home. We know, the time and distance to fetch water will cause extra pressure on women’s household activities, but we cant help it, when there is water problem. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostl