Gandak unleashes terror in Nawalparasi
Added At: 2013-06-18 11:15 PM
Last Updated At: 2013-06-18 11:15 PM
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Human settlements in Makar of Nawalparasi inundated due to three days of incessant rain, on Tuesday.
HARI SHARMA
PARASI: The Gandak River, swollen due to incessant rainfall for the last three days, has started eroding number 12 spur in Nawalparasi.
Erosion by the rain-fed river has unleashed terror among locals. They fear that if the spur is breached their settlements will be inundated.
The rising water level has obstructed maintenance work at spurs 3,5,11,12 and 13, as well as the construction of a new block. The flood in Gandak has swept away some blocks.
Narayani River Concern Committee Chairman Ramprit Jayaswal said continuous erosion by the river at spur no 12 might sweep away an embankment and inundate the village.
Last year, the flood in the river had cut the 163-metre-long spur no 12 into 53 metres. This year, the flood has already cut the spur into ten metres. Locals have demanded that an emergency be declared in the area.
Premchand Gupta, a local, said an embankment breach might inundate 13 VDCs in Nepal and two dozen villages of Maharajgunj, Devriya and Gorakhpur districts in India.
Meanwhile, officials from Nepal and India today made a field observation of the embankment.
India’s Maharajgunj District Officer Somya Agrawal, engineer MK Singh, among others, and Nawalparasi CDO Kesavraj Ghimire, and engineer Prachandadev Bista, among others, had made the field observation of the embankment. Officials from both countries said they would report to the higher authorities of their respective countries to declare emergency and start work immediately.
Ghimire added that he had informed the Home Ministry of the need to initiate emergency work. He said he had directed security agencies to stay on high alert in the district.
Erosion by the rain-fed river has unleashed terror among locals. They fear that if the spur is breached their settlements will be inundated.
The rising water level has obstructed maintenance work at spurs 3,5,11,12 and 13, as well as the construction of a new block. The flood in Gandak has swept away some blocks.
Narayani River Concern Committee Chairman Ramprit Jayaswal said continuous erosion by the river at spur no 12 might sweep away an embankment and inundate the village.
Last year, the flood in the river had cut the 163-metre-long spur no 12 into 53 metres. This year, the flood has already cut the spur into ten metres. Locals have demanded that an emergency be declared in the area.
Premchand Gupta, a local, said an embankment breach might inundate 13 VDCs in Nepal and two dozen villages of Maharajgunj, Devriya and Gorakhpur districts in India.
Meanwhile, officials from Nepal and India today made a field observation of the embankment.
India’s Maharajgunj District Officer Somya Agrawal, engineer MK Singh, among others, and Nawalparasi CDO Kesavraj Ghimire, and engineer Prachandadev Bista, among others, had made the field observation of the embankment. Officials from both countries said they would report to the higher authorities of their respective countries to declare emergency and start work immediately.
Ghimire added that he had informed the Home Ministry of the need to initiate emergency work. He said he had directed security agencies to stay on high alert in the district.
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