Sikta Irrigation Project Provides Regular Water Supply, Farmers Express Happiness

Banke. Farmers here have started to become happy after the under-construction Sikta Irrigation Project in Banke started releasing regular water in the canal. The Sikta Irrigation Project, operated by constructing a dam on the Rapti River at Agaiya in Raptisohnari Rural Municipality-2, has been releasing water in the canal throughout the year as per the farmers' demand, except during the maintenance period.

Senior Divisional Engineer Manoj Kumar Sah, information officer of the Sikta Irrigation Project, informed that water has been released in the canal throughout the year as per the farmers' demand to ensure there is no shortage of irrigation. He said, "We have been providing water in the canal throughout the year as per the demand of the farmers, considering their needs as paramount, except during the maintenance period." "This has enabled farmers to not only cultivate paddy and wheat on time but also to earn economic benefits by cultivating off-season vegetables commercially."