Authority studying floods and inundation in Kanchanpur

A team including Executive Chief of the Authority Anil Pokharel and Chief of Disaster Management Division Bhishmkurma Bhushal has reached here. The

team discussed with the local level head and administrative officer on Thursday. The condition of the victims, rescue practices and shortcomings were discussed. "There has been a lot of rain so far, the damage caused by it is huge," said Bhushal, head of the Disaster Management Division, "we have come to understand how we have practiced, how the preparations are now, how the coordination between the local government and the administration has been." story- break He said that he will also observe the various areas of Dodhra Chandni municipality affected by the flood. At 8:45 a.m. on June 24, 624 mm of rain fell at Dodhara Chandni rain gauge station, 573.6 mm at Hanumannagar rain gauge station of Bedkot Municipality 3 and 555.8 mm at Sundarpur rain gauge station of Bedkot.

This is the highest since the department started rain measurement. The people's representatives at the local level said that more attention has been paid to the big rivers and there has been a lot of investment from the government and non-government sectors in that area, but this time small streams and rivers have caused more damage, so attention should be paid to that. They said that the current damage is due to the river bank being changed during development works.

'During the construction of the Mahakali irrigation canal, the Chaudhar river changed, now when the Chaudhar river returned to its old course, dozens of settlements were flooded,' said Bhojraj Bohora, the city head of Bedkot municipality, 'If the river had been allowed to flow on its own course, the current damage would not have occurred.' The flood of Chaudhar river broke the Mahakali irrigation canal in Beldandi rural municipality-3 Emilia and entered the settlement. Because of this, more than a dozen settlements of Beldandi and Belauri were inundated.

Also in Bhimdatta municipality, when the flood of Bhujela river entered the settlement, dozens of settlements of wards 11, 12 and 13 were inundated and more than 300 families were displaced. Paddy crops have also been destroyed by floods. Bhujela entered the settlement after the Mahakali river flood stopped the flow of the river. Similarly, in Dodhara Chandni municipality, when the flow of Jogbuda river was stopped by the flood of Mahakali, half a dozen settlements were inundated.

90 people from 25 families of Dodhara Chandni-3 Paterakhalla are still displaced. They are staying in nearby Jamuna Basic School. They cannot be resettled immediately because the houses are completely destroyed and the entire settlement is full of debris. "Now we have to think about development and settlement expansion," Pokharel, the executive head of the authority, said, "It is necessary to pay attention not only to the prevention of large rivers but also to small river channels." He said that due to the fact that the surface of some rivers is higher than the settlements, floods are causing more damage, so the issue of deepening the river should also be discussed. According to local administration data, 5,766 people from 1,465 families in Kanchanpur were displaced due to the floods that occurred on June 23 and 24.

Of which 90 people from 25 families have not yet returned home. The total amount of damage due to flood and inundation in the district has not yet been collected. "At that time, 71 percent of the area of ​​the district was inundated, all the Kshatriyas were at risk, a lot of damage has been done," Chief District Officer Narayan Prasad Sapkota said, "We are engaged in collecting details, the work of collecting from the local level is going on."