Lawmakers demand demolition of Indian dams; floods affect Terai

Lawmakers demand demolition of Indian dams; floods affect Terai

Stating that huge tracts of land have been inundated in various districts of Nepal due to the dams built unilaterally by India along the Indo-Nepal border, parliamentarians have demanded that such ‘physical infrastructures’ be demolished.

Talking in the 'zero' and 'special' hour session of the interim parliament Sunday, parliamentarians drew the attention of the government towards the importance of maintaining a natural flow of the river water in the southern border areas. Saying that the Mahalisagar, Laxmanpur including other dams India unilaterally built along its border with Nepal has caused many houses and huge tracts of arable land to be submerged under water, they demanded that the government make necessary arrangements for the rehabilitation of the people affected by it at the earliest.

“The government should take initiative to demolish the dams built unilaterally in the border areas in contravention of the international norms,” said lawmaker Sunil Prajapati.

Parliamentarian Purna Kumari Subedi said that the people had to silently bear the unjust treaty /agreement that had been signed in the past and demanded the demolition of the Indian dam that has inundated Nepalese territory and caused misery to thousands of people. “The victims of last years floods and inundation are yet to get proper compensation,” she said.

Meanwhile, the incessant rainfall from the past few days has caused havoc in Parsa, Mahottari, Banke, Bara, Rauthat and other districts as hundreds of houses and huge tracts of lands have been submerged by floods.

According to the Kathmandu Post, more than 100 houses in Nagawa, Inaruwa, Ranighat, Radhemai, Bara and Chhapakiya district have been inundated. Police administration distributed beaten rice to 138 flood affected victims in Inaruwa and Radhemai VDCs and Nepal Red Cross Society Parsa also provided tents to affected people.

In another report, the northern parts of Mahottari district have been hugely affected due to floods. More than a dozen offices have been inundated in Jaleshwor municipality.

Similarly, Jaleshwor-Birtamod, Jaleshwor-Itthihani and Sari-Piaguani road sections have been obstructed due to flooding. nepalnews.com ag July 23