Bahundangi folks cheer after water flow through canal
With maintenance, the canal that was buried in a landslide a year ago has come into operation.
JHAPA: Folks of four wards of Mechinagar Municipality in Jhapa have turned cheerful when water flows through the Siddi canal after a long time.
With maintenance, the canal that was buried in a landslide a year ago has come into operation. Local farmers of Bahundangi have found no bound of happiness after the canal water is being used to irrigate their agriculture land.
The canal water has been used to irrigate 1,700 hectares of land in Mechinagar 1,2,3 and 4 wards. The canal starts from the bottom of Ambe ridge located in Rong Rural Municipality-6 of Ilam.
Chairperson of Siddi Canal Users Committee Nilakantha Tiwari said the canal has always been at risk since its source ordinates in a tough geographical location of the mountainous area.
It may be noted that the rain-triggered landslide had broken down the sources and other parts of the canal last year. Its maintenance works were carried out on the initiative of Irrigation Division Office and Siddi Canal Irrigation Water Users’ Committee.
