Praganna Irrigation System Serves 58,000 Hectares in Deukhuri

Dang. The Praganna irrigation system operated in Deukhuri, Dang has provided irrigation to 58,000 hectares.

The project, which is being operated with the objective of providing irrigation to various places in Lamahi Municipality and Rapti Rural Municipality of Deukhuri, currently provides irrigation services through three intakes. The same project is currently being looked after by the Irrigation and Water Resources Management Project. According to the project's Information Officer Khummananda Oli, although the construction works of the first phase of this project, which started in 2055 BS, were completed in 2064 BS under the Kuwait Fund, modernization, expansion, and protection works of the irrigated area are ongoing.