23.4 percent of the budget allocated for river control has been spent
Kathmandu. The river control and water-induced disaster management programs have achieved 34.9 percent physical progress in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. However, only 23.4 percent of the allocated quarterly budget has been spent in the same period.
According to the River and Water Induced Disaster Management Division under the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, a budget of Rs 5.20 billion has been allocated for the river control program in the current fiscal year. Out of Rs 62.74 crore allocated for the first quarter, Rs 14.70 crore has been spent. According to Rabindra Bahadur Thapa, chief of the division, 2.9 kilometers of embankment has been constructed and 1 hectare of land has been improved in the first quarter. Overall, the physical progress has been 34.9 percent compared to the quarterly target, he said. Some projects have exceeded the set quarterly target. The Irrigation and Water Resources Management Project, Bharatpur has achieved 160.8 per cent physical progress of the target. Similarly, the Tar-Bazaar Conservation Programme has achieved 108 per cent progress. Similarly, Lamahi (Dang) has achieved 86.5 per cent, Kanchanpur 82.5 per cent and Janakpur (Dhanusha) 82.3 per cent.
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