Chitwan, May 5 -- Budget crunch has affected the construction of an embankment that aims to protect the residents of Chitwan and Nawalparasi East from inundation and erosion caused by floods in the Narayani river during the monsoon.

Manohar Kumar Sah, head of the Narayani River Management Project, said that the contractors of the embankment construction are upset because they could not get payment for the work done in the current financial year due to which the progress of the embankment construction was greatly affected.

To control floods in the Narayani River, a major river system in the country, construction of a 35-kilometre embankment on the Chitwan side and a 57-kilometre embankment on the Nawalparasi side is underway.

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