NEW DELHI, Jan. 13 -- India has agreed to construct an embankment along Nepal's West Rapti, Banganga and Khando rivers. The agreement was reached during the eighth meeting of the Nepal-India secretary-level Joint Commission on Water Resources (JCWR) on Friday. The meeting also agreed on half a dozen other projects.
Although 23 years have passed since the Mahakali Treaty, the Mahakali Irrigation Project is yet to be completed due to India's failure in constructing the link canal. Likewise, India has also agreed to pay Rs260 million to Nepal that it owed for the embankment of Lalbakaiya, Kamala and Bagmati rivers.
Nepali representatives have been strongly raising the issue of flooding on the Nepali side due to roads and dams built by India ...