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Pancheshwor may cause inundation

                             MAHENDRANAGAR, April 1 (RSS)- Purposed
Pancheshwor dam and its
                             auxiliary dam to be constructed under the
Pancheswor multi-purpose project
                             have heightened the risk of Jhulaghat,
Amchaura and Pancheswor VDCs of
                             Baitadi district, Lali VDC of Darchula and
Rupal, Shirsha and Alaital VDCs
                             of Dadeldhura on Nepalese side being
inundated.

                             Most of the speakers at a public hearing
organized in course of preparing
                             the Detailed Project Report (DPR) with a
view to collecting suggestions on
                             assessing the environmental impact of the
villages around the dams,
                             determining the scope of assessment and
laying down conditions for
                             assessment put across their views against
the Pancheswor dam and its
                             auxiliary dam.

                             The public hearing was organized jointly by
METCON, East Consultants, the
                             Ministry of Environment and the Pancheswor
Multi-purpose Project.

                             With a view to keeping safe the land on
Indian side from the construction of
                             the Pancheswor dam, the survey of India is
conducting a topographical
                             survey on both sides of the Mahakali river
at an altitude of 420 metre from
                             Purnagiri to Pancheswor after which the
designing of the Purnagiri dam will
                             be completed. The dam is feared to inundate
Jogbudha, Shirsha, Alaital,
                             Ragun and other fertile land of Dadeldhura
district.

                             On the occasion, DDC chairman Rhishiraj
Lumsali said an auxiliary dam to
                             the Pancheshwor project should be
constructed at Rupaligad so that Nepal
                             can benefit.

                             Construction of these dams is likely to
inundate 12,186 hectares of land on
                             Nepalese side, experts say.

                             A host of other speakers including Yagyaraj
Joshi, environmentalist Prof.
                             Upendra Man Malla and project engineer
Narendra Singh Bhandari also
                             spoke at the function chaired by Mayor of
Mahendranagar Surya Bahadur
                             Kunwar.





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