TULSIPUR: The Irrigation and Water Resources Management Project in Lamahi, Dang, has constructed a 15-kilometre embankment along the Babai River to protect agricultural land from erosion and flooding.
According to Information Officer Khumananda Wali, the embankment has helped protect 468 hectares of cultivable land along the 132.8-kilometre-long river.
Wali said several embankment construction and irrigated land protection projects have been completed in different locations of Dang district.
The completed projects include works worth Rs 12.484 million in Dangisharan Rural Municipality-1 and 4, Rs 24.738 million in Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City-14, Rs 7.481 million in Dangisharan-1, Rs 4.57 million in Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City-8 and Rs 1.493 million in Raharipur, Dangisharan-1.
Similarly, embankment construction work worth Rs 9.661 million has been completed at Ekali Khola in Tulsipur-2.
The construction of the embankments has helped protect agricultural land and made life easier for local residents by reducing the risk of river erosion and flooding.
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