Keeping in view the planting of paddy, water flow has been duly started in the canals under the Kamala irrigation system in Dhanusha and Siraha from Monday. The canals, which were closed since last March after the water flow in the Kamala river decreased, are back in operation.
Birendra Yadav, Office Head of Kamala Irrigation Management Office, Portaha, Dhanusha said that the canal was brought into operation on time to provide easy irrigation facilities to the farmers during the main time of planting.
'The canal system has been brought back into operation keeping in mind the main time of paddy planting. The canal was temporarily closed since March last year due to low water flow in the Kamala river. Now the water flow has been started properly after the required amount of water is available in the river,' he said.
According to Yadav, Head of Irrigation Management Office, breaking the practice of operating the canal only from the 1st of July in the previous years, water has started flowing in the canal from the first week of June for the past three years. The canal, which operates from June, remains operational until October. After that, Chief Yadav informed that Chhath festival will be conducted specially.
Irrigation facilities on twenty-five thousand hectares
Kamala irrigation system is one of the major irrigation schemes of Madhesh province. It is providing irrigation facilities to 25 thousand hectares of arable land in Dhanusha and Siraha. About 40,000 households have benefited through this project.
Irrigation facility has reached about 12 thousand 500 hectares through the western canal system of Dhanusa. It includes Ganeshman Charnath, Sabala, Sahid, Videh, Kamala, Hanspur Municipality and Aurhi and Jankanandani Rural Municipality.
Similarly, irrigation facilities have reached an area of 12,500 hectares in Siraha. Sirha's Karjanha, Mirchaiya, Kalyanpur, Sirha and Sukhipur Municipalities and Bishnupur and Aurhi Rural Municipality are included in this.
Great relief for farmers
At present, as the monsoon rains are uneven, farmers are becoming more dependent on the irrigation system. In this situation, the timely operation of the canal has brought ease to the farmers here in planting crops. Farmers are excited to get irrigation on time. Also, their demand to ensure regular irrigation service is increasing.
