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After the news was published in Kantipur on Tuesday, the attention of the relevant authorities has been drawn under the title 'Canal is being built across Sarju river, Tapra settlement is at high risk of flooding'. The soil that has been buried to stop the flow of the river has been removed from Wednesday morning.
The Babai Irrigation Project located in Gularia Municipality-7 started the construction of the canal by burying the river in Barkha. An 84-meter embankment (retaining wall) is being built for the canal by filling the river during the rainy season.
Retaining wall construction The project is preparing to start construction of the canal immediately. During the construction of the retaining wall, the Sarju river was buried with soil dug from the river banks. When the soil reached the river, even the water flowing during the rainy season could not drain. Locals have expressed concern about the canal that is being constructed by the Babai Irrigation Project by diverting the natural river.
Director of Babai Irrigation Project Sushilchandra Devkota said that the retaining wall is being constructed to build a canal from the banks of Sarju River located in Gularia Municipality-7. "After learning that the river has been buried by the soil excavated for the construction of the retaining wall," he said, "I have instructed the concerned persons of Bhairav Construction Construction Company, which is working on the retaining wall, to immediately remove the soil that has crossed the river." The locals responded that it was sad that they did not show any interest.
Similarly, during the rainy season, the locals complain that even small children are finding it difficult to go to school when the bamboo and iron bridge in Sarju river connecting Tapra Basti and Gularia market is dug up to the side of the bridge.
