Congress President Sushil Koirala has said that the problems caused by the Rapti flood to the southeast of Banke owing to the Laxmanpur dam and the Kalkalawa embankment on the Indian side will be his top agenda during his upcoming India visit.
The NC president pledged before the flood-affected villagers of Holiya Village Development Committee on Tuesday that he will take the issue before Indian government officials and request them to come up with a long-term solution to address the villagers’ plight.
Every monsoon, the Rapti floods Holiya, Gangapur, Matehiya, Betahani, Kamdi and Fattepur VDCs. Since the onset of monsoon this year, floods have already displaced more than 200 families in the six VDCs. Around 500 houses in Gangapur and Matehiya are still engulfed by floodwaters.
“Since these floodings were primarily caused due to the dam and the embankment built on the Indian side, I will ask the Indian authorities to find a solution to the crisis,” Koirala said after inspecting the flood-affected region.
The NC president said that former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, during his 1999 India visit, had first apprised the Indian government of the flood problem caused by the Laxmanpur and Kalkalawa dams in the Nepal i villages.
“The Indian government had then pledged to build embankments to save the villages. Since the project was not implemented, I will keep the matter before the Indian government once again.”
Koirala assured the villagers that he will appeal to the Nepal government for compensation and relief materials for the victims.
The NC president pledged before the flood-affected villagers of Holiya Village Development Committee on Tuesday that he will take the issue before Indian government officials and request them to come up with a long-term solution to address the villagers’ plight.
Every monsoon, the Rapti floods Holiya, Gangapur, Matehiya, Betahani, Kamdi and Fattepur VDCs. Since the onset of monsoon this year, floods have already displaced more than 200 families in the six VDCs. Around 500 houses in Gangapur and Matehiya are still engulfed by floodwaters.
“Since these floodings were primarily caused due to the dam and the embankment built on the Indian side, I will ask the Indian authorities to find a solution to the crisis,” Koirala said after inspecting the flood-affected region.
The NC president said that former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, during his 1999 India visit, had first apprised the Indian government of the flood problem caused by the Laxmanpur and Kalkalawa dams in the Nepal i villages.
“The Indian government had then pledged to build embankments to save the villages. Since the project was not implemented, I will keep the matter before the Indian government once again.”
Koirala assured the villagers that he will appeal to the Nepal government for compensation and relief materials for the victims.
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