Present scenario of flood and watershed management.
Organizations and projects
Works done
USAID Paani project
(i) Watershed protection like source conservation program
(ii) Conservation education on aquatic biodiversity is provided
NEEDS Kanchanpur
(i) Preparation of gravel mining guidelines which helps for its basin management by appropriate utilization of river resources
(ii) Hazard map preparation in respective villages
(iii) Radio communications, road play, advocacy, and meeting with different stakeholders are being done
Bhimdatta municipality
(i) Preparation of disaster risk reduction and management regulation, 2075, by Bhimdatta municipality has been supported for flood disaster management
(ii) Allocation of annual budget ward wise for disaster risk management
Government of Nepal
(i) Establishment of “Mega Watershed Management Committee, Mahakali,” at Baitadi as the new office under the central government for larger basin management
(ii) Six-lane road construction which acts as a dam for the protection of villages from the river is being completed
(iii) Another remarkable work is the construction of a four-lane bridge of 800 m joining Mahakali and Bhimdatta municipality by narrowing the width which was 2300 m of Mahakali in the construction site by Nepal Government itself
