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The Indian side has given water to the Gandak canal for the paddy crop season on the scheduled date this year.
According to Suresh Sah, Information Officer and Engineer of Narayani Irrigation Management Office, the Indian side has given water to the canal since Friday. He said that the Indian side had been sent a letter to give water targeting the scheduled program of planting farmers on the same day as the National Rice Day this year.
'This year, our effort was to get the farmers to plant on the day of Paddy Day,' Shah said, 'a letter was formally sent to the Indian side from the office.' Sah said that the head of the office, Manoj Patel, also demanded that the water be delivered by the agreed date to establish regular contact with the head of the Indian side, so the Indian side has given water to the canal on time this year.
Gandak canal entering Nepal from zero rd i.e. Jankitola in Parsa, water was entering the Gandak canal on Nepali land from Nepal India border since Friday. Sah said that some of the farmers of Parsa who had prepared seeds after the canal water had already planted.
Since Sunday, water has reached the canal in Bara district as well. But as most of the farmers in Bara are not yet ready to harvest the paddy, Sah said, most of the farmers will plant after a week. Currently, 550 cusecs of water is flowing in the canal. He said that when the Indian side gives such a large quantity of water at the beginning of the season, it will facilitate the operation of the canal system. He said that after farmers gradually increase the order of planting, the need for water will also increase accordingly and the Indian side will also increase the quantity of water.
According to the Gandak agreement with India, the Indian side should give 850 cusecs of water to the canal from June 15 for paddy crop and from January 10 for 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 Rural Municipality of Parsa. The length of the Gandak Canal divided into 15 blocks in Parsa, Bara and Rautahat is 81 km towards Nepal.
Gandak barrage was constructed 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 Gandak canal, India has not given Nepal 850 cusecs of water according to the agreement due to some problem every year.
