Irrigation project upliftment of local people

Now the family is taking shelter in someone else's house. His house was swept away by the flood. No clothes were spared. The family was saved because neighbors rescued them. She is a disabled person. "We couldn't build a house," she said, "We are in the shelter of others."

She walks on the ball of one leg. Husband drives tractor to earn a living. The family can be supported by the husband's earnings. "The neighbor has kindly given me a room," she said. But the condition of the place and the house is the same. Man Bahadur Ruchal of Devdah-3 Hattidanda is suffering the same. He is already worried about the upcoming monsoon. "I had 1 bigha field, only 4 fields are left after the flood," he said.

Ruchal said that the residents of Devdah-3 and Tilottama-12 have been protesting after the construction of a dam near the settlement saying that the government will build a beautiful tourist spot along with irrigation. "The field was plowed, the dinga baby was taken," he said, "People survived, but I am worried about what will happen in the future." He said that because of the dam, water started entering the settlement due to the soil and stones freezing.

The dam has been constructed under the Rohini Irrigation Project, which was laid the foundation stone on 24 August 074 under the scheme of the federal government. But Chabilal Kharel of Tilottma-12 says that damage has started due to lack of drainage from the dam.

The technician who came to monitor admitted that there was a disturbance in the construction of the dam. Kharel said that about 60 bigha of arable land in that area cannot be cultivated due to the freezing of soil and stones, and some of the land has even been used to build a dam. He said that floods in Hattidanda, Vasantpur, Tatera and Tilottama-12 of Devdah-2 and 3 cause damage every year. He said that the project, which was supposed to be completed in two years, has not been completed in six years, so the damage has increased.

Damodar Bhusal, a resident of Tilottma-10 and a member of the East Province Planning Commission, said that by building a 3,500-meter long lake and 800-meter wide and 50-meter deep dam in the Rohini River, there is a plan to provide irrigation facilities to 1,500 hectares of agricultural land in Tilottma and Devdah areas. told In the proposal of the project, it is mentioned to prepare a canal with a water flow capacity of 2,655 liters per second towards Devdah and to build a canal with a flow capacity of 965 liters per second towards Tilottama, but the work was left incomplete and the project was shelved.

Under the Rohini Irrigation Scheme of the District Water Resources and Irrigation Development Division Office, 307.7768 thousand rupees have been spent on the construction of headworks, guide bonds and protection, and 878.7851 thousand rupees have been spent on the canal structure, but the scheme has not been implemented. The project was initiated by the Water Resources and Irrigation Development Division Office at a cost of 47 crore 24 lakh 86 thousand of the federal government. On June 4, 1974, the office assigned Arghakhanchi Acacia JV to complete the project by June 3, 1977.

Damodar Sapkota, head of the division said that since the ministry did not pay for the DPR prepared by the Water Resources and Irrigation Development Division office for re-evaluation after the project was not completed and the dam started flooding, no work on the canal has progressed since 078. According to the agreement, it should be completed on May 3, 2077, but the plan is stalled as 90 percent of the work is done. Head of Office Sapkota said that the study of Rohini irrigation project started from 072/73, the dam was built and the payment was made till 078/79. He said that the

was paid in two packages. Out of those 2, the head office dam belongs to the first package and it seems that around 31 million rupees have been spent for it. He said that even though the hype above 80 cm was needed to complete the package, it was found that the payment was made below that. "Even when it was kept 80 cm lower, it got flooded in the middle," he said. According to the said budget, the canal has been constructed and prepared, he said that if the water flow in the dam is opened, the work of flowing through the canal will be easy.