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As paddy bales are not ready, water in Gandak is only 350 cusecs
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Narayani Irrigation Management Office Birgunj has requested only 350 cusecs of water from the Indian side in Gandak Canal saying that the paddy bales of the farmers of Parsa, Bara, Rautahat districts are not yet ready for planting.
The information officer and engineer of the office, Suresh Sah, said that the paddy fields of the farmers of the three districts dependent on the canal are not yet ready for planting and as there is no demand for water from the farmers, the Indian side has been requested to give only 350 cusecs of water to the canal.
"Instead of flooding the farmer's field before planting, we have asked to give a little water in the canal because there is less demand for water now," He said, "The Indian side has also given only 350 cusecs of water at present. We will ask the Indian side to increase the quantity of water once the demand starts coming from the farmers."
The Indian side had already released 2500 cusecs of water in the canal at 4 pm on Thursday. On Friday, the Indian side started giving 350 cusecs of water to the canal. Earlier, the Water Day Office had sent a letter to the Indian side targeting the planned program of planting farmers on the same day as the National Rice Day.
Engineer Sah said that the water currently available in the canal has reached Block No. 11 of the canal i.e. east of the Mahagadhimai Municipality of Bara across the Jamuni River to the Piparpati area.
June 15 for the annual rice crop and The Indian side has to give 850 cusecs of water to the canal from December 10 for the wheat crop. The Indian side releases water into the canal from the barrage built on the Nepal-India border at Bhainsalotan in Nawalparasi. After traveling 92 km in India, this canal enters Nepal from Jankitola in Jagarnathpur village of Parsa. The length of the Gandak Canal divided into 15 blocks in Parsa, Bara and Rautahat is 81 km towards Nepal.
Gandak barrage is built by India itself and the operation is also done by the Indian side. He has built a canal structure to take more water from the barrage to Indian land than to Nepal.
In 1975 and 1976, the Government of India handed over the Gandak Canal to the Government of Nepal. Although the goal is to irrigate 37 thousand 400 hectares of land in three districts namely Parsa, Bara and Rautahat from the Gandak Canal, the water often does not reach the central part of Rautahat.
Due to lack of regular cleaning and maintenance of the canal, sufficient water is not reaching Rautahat.
प्रकाशित : असार १६, २०८१ १८:३०
