Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that Madhesh province will suffer from drought in the future if Chure is not protected in the long term and large ponds are not constructed in Chure area.

Prime Minister Oli said this while addressing the opening ceremony of the newly constructed building of Parwanipur Rural Municipality of Bara on Friday.

'Conservation of Chure in the long term and the construction of a large dam in the Chure area is now necessary,' he said, 'If this is not done, Madhesh will become a drought-prone area in the future and the water level will continue to deepen.'

Two days ago, the Council of Ministers declared Madhesh province as a crisis area and they are going to work rapidly in the field of drinking water and irrigation in Madhesh province. During his visit to Hawaii on Friday, he said that he saw that planting in Mahottari and Sarlahi was very low and that planting in Bara was done satisfactorily.

He said that Sunkoshi Marine Diversion was started during his tenure so that the water level would not fall in Madhesh and there would be no problem of drinking water and irrigation here. "The work of Sunkoshi Marine Diversion should be done at a fast pace, for this the contract will be awarded immediately and the remaining contracts will be awarded," he said.

Sunkoshi Lahan, Sunkoshi Kamala Diversion work has also been prepared by the government, he said. Stating that there is rapid development in the field of infrastructure in Madhesh, Prime Minister Oli said that about 3,500 bridges were built across the country in the last financial year. He said that 932 km of roads have been paved this year. He claimed that the country has progressed on the path of development despite many natural calamities. Stating that the country is ahead in the fields of water supply projects, education, health, etc., he said that he has adopted a policy to speed up the pace of development.

Stating that he started the work of Hulaki highway for the first time as Prime Minister, he said that he is committed to complete this highway and he said that along with the Hulaki road, the goal is to build 9/10 smart cities around it. Stating that some bridges of the highway could not get up to speed due to the problem of soil testing and the delay of the contractor, he said that this highway will soon be developed as an uninterrupted highway from east to west.

Stating that the government has declared Bara as a fisheries super zone district, he said that it has increased the income of farmers by four times . He said that fish is going to be produced to meet the needs of Nepal. Stating that modernization in agriculture has increased rapidly in 10 years, he said that work is being done by preparing zones for potato, banana, betel nut etc. in various districts. He said that Nepal is going to be upgraded from an underdeveloped country to a developing country in a year. "It's not that nothing has happened, a lot has happened," he said, "but it has not happened as much as we wanted to do, we still have to move forward, we have to further advance the pace of development." He said that there is also a problem with the trend of not wanting to be in the role of the opposition. He said that they are ahead by solving these trends in a balanced manner.