KATHMANDU, Nov 3: River control works achieved 34.9 percent physical progress against the target in the first quarter of the current Fiscal Year (FY), according to the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.
Rabindra Bahadur Thapa, head of the Department of Water Resources and Irrigation Development under the ministry, said the government had allocated Rs 5.209 billion for river control programmes in the current fiscal year.
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Of the Rs 627.4 million allocated for the first quarter, Rs 147 million was spent, accounting for 23.4 percent of the quarterly budget. Despite the lower financial expenditure, physical progress stood at 34.9 percent of the quarterly target.
During the period, 2.9 kilometres of embankments were constructed and one hectare of land was reclaimed, Thapa said.
Some projects recorded physical progress well above their quarterly targets. The Irrigation and Water Resources Management Project in Bharatpur, Chitwan, achieved 160.8 percent of its target, while the Tar-Bazar protection programme recorded 108 percent progress.
Similarly, Lamahi in Dang achieved 86.5 percent physical progress, followed by Kanchanpur at 82.5 percent and Janakpur in Dhanusha at 82.3 percent, according to the department.
