Nepal stops Indian engineers from repairing Valmiki Barrage Dam
Nepal stops Indian engineers from repairing Valmiki Barrage Dam
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Nepal, engaged in encircling the country, stopped the movement of Indian engineers by building a barrier on the Valmiki barrage amid the threat of flood. This is the first time that their movement has been banned. When India put pressure on this, Nepal granted temporary permission to the Indian engineers to inspect the barrage. However, a permanent solution for the danger of flood in UP-Bihar cannot be found.

Due to this attitude of Nepal, engineers are facing difficulty in working there. There is also a storeroom of the irrigation department of Bihar on the Gandak barrage, where the necessary equipment to deal with the flood has been kept. Bihar's Water Resources Minister Sanjay Jha has also expressed concern over Nepal's actions. The entire responsibility of repair, maintenance and operation of Gandak barrage is with the Water Resources Department of the Government of Bihar. Earlier, on the pretext of lockdown, Nepal stopped the repair work of four embankments (A Gap, B Gap, Link Dam and Nepal Dam) built on the Gandak River in its region. Due to this, repair works were not done on them this year. Repair work of the main western Gandak canal was also not allowed. Had to leave the water without repair.

There are 36 gates in Valmiki barrage, in which 18 falls in the border of Nepal and 18 in Bihar. The maximum water discharge capacity from the barrage is 8.5 lakh cusecs. According to the irrigation department, there will be no threat to the embankments of Nepal even after the discharge of four lakh cusecs of water from the barrage. Right now the discharge of water from the barrage is between 90 thousand and 1.50 lakh cusecs. When this discharge reaches around 5.50 lakh cusecs, most parts of Maharajganj and Kushinagar including the dam of Nepal will be hit by floods.

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