India to construct 42km concrete embankment in Rapti River

Kathmandu: Government of India has agreed to construct a 42km long concrete embankment on the Rapti River to control erosion and flooding in Banke district.

For about a decade and a half, Nepal has been demanding with India to construct the embankment, but after discussions held at different times and stages, now the Indian side has agreed to give a grant of Rs. 10.44 billion to build a concrete embankment on the river.

Jit Bahadur Thapa, Chief of People’s Embankment Programme, Field Office No. 6 Lamahi, said that the 14th joint meeting of the high officials of the Irrigation Department of India and Nepal, which was held recently in Kathmandu, had decided to provide a grant to implement the project.