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Farms turn into housing as irrigation is delayed

report in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 13, 2023Parched farmlands in the western Tarai face an uncertain future as the irrigation projects intended to bring water have not been completed even after 40 years. Experts say that it may take another 10 years before these schemes in Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur districts are ready. That gives the national pride projects a completion deadline of half a century. The Sikta Irrigation Project is designed to irrigate…