After the water that fell a week ago has dried up, the demand for water in the canal has increased again in the last two days.
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The demand for water in the irrigated areas of the Gandak Canal has increased again after there has been no rain for a week and there are signs of drought again.
Engineer Suresh Prasad Sah, Information Officer of Narayani Irrigation Management Office, Birganj, said that after the water that fell a week ago has dried up, the demand for water in the canal has increased again in the last two days. "Until a week ago, it rained intermittently for a couple of days, but it hasn't rained heavily since last week," he said.
At present, the Indian side has given 700 cusecs of water to the canal. Block No. 13 of the canal i.e. before Bankul of Rautahat, water has reached . The length of Block No. 13 is 11 km and the water has reached up to 7 and a half km. On Monday, 692 cusecs of water is flowing in the canal.
According to the Gandak agreement with India, the Indian side has not given more than 700 cusecs of water to the canal this year. The canal is divided into 15 blocks . Due to non-agreement of water and lack of maintenance, water does not reach the final point of the canal i.e. the eastern part of Rautahat.
There are 37,400 hectares of irrigated land under the canal, 16,000 hectares in Parsa, 9,000 hectares in Bara and the rest in Rautahat. According to the agreement, the Indian side should supply water to the canal on June 15 for the annual rice crop season and on January 10 for the wheat crop. Although India has provided water on the date of the agreement, the quantity of water is not as much as mentioned in the agreement, i.e. 850 cusecs.
The Indian side releases water into the canal from the barrage built on the Nepal-India border at Triveni Bhainsalotan in Nawalparasi. After traveling 92 km in India, this canal enters Nepal from 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. This canal ends by joining Bagmati river in Rautahat in Nepal.
