Nepal, Aug. 12 -- Drinking water supplied to schools and public offices in the three local units of Lalitpur district-Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Mahalaxmi Municipality and Godawari Municipality-has been found to be contaminated with hazardous microbes.

Of the 45 samples of drinking water collected from public schools and public offices of different parts of the three local units, more than a half tested positive for faecal coliform and E coli, officials say.

"We carried out tests on water samples collected randomly from various schools and public offices some two weeks ago," said Shree Bhadra Sharma, an official at the Public Health Office, Lalitpur. "Over 50 percent of samples were found to be contaminated. We have notified the school...