Demand of Gandak Nadee Niyantran Sangharsh Samittee, Nawalparasi

Contact office: Kudiya 4, Nawalparasi

May 24, 2008 (2065-2-11)

OUR DEMANDS

1. Caused by the silt reactor located between Gandak Barrage and Raninagar; there is extra land erosion. Therefore there should be constructed concrete dam and embankment from the above mention silt reactor tail to 'A gap' tail.

2. A long and concrete collision should be constructed on the river side of 'A gap' dam's tail.

3. "B gap" dam of Gandak Barrage should be made more than two meter higher and 4 meter wide.

4. Second new and concrete embankment should be made from "A gap" dam till "B gap" dam's river coast.

5. One bridge with siphon should be constructed on the Dhobaha stream of Guthi-Prasauni Village Development Committee (VDC).

6. 44 cusec water for Piparpati-Prasauni miner; which has been using should be given without any debate and obstruction.

7. Cemented soling of the damaged inner embankment of the main Western Indian Canal should be done considering the accident in near future.

8. The width of the Raninagar bridge and of 32 R.D's Belatari bridge in the Indian main Western Canal should be made double in size.

9. More bridges must be constructed on the following places in the Indian main western canal.

a) Kudia VDC, ward-6 of Gudaria. (no. of bridge 1)
b) Suryapura, ward-9 of Tangikat. (no. of bridge 1)
c) Guthi Suryapura, ward-5. (no. of bridge 1; one kilometer below the powerhouse)

10. The embankment of central dam of Gandak barrage Trivenidham, which was heavily damaged by the 6, 29,050 cusecs of water on 23rd July 2002 should be made stronger and concrete.

11. Third new embankment should be constructed along side the river on the historical Gajendra mokshadham (situated above the holy Trivenidham) till Trivenidham.

12. Considering the land erosion caused by the river, another fourth embankment should be constructed keeping the tail of "B gap" dam on the river side of the Paklihawa VDC till the Indian border.

13. Compensation must be provided for the 350 Bigha of land erosion caused by Gandak river in Kudia, Triveni Susta, Narsahi and Paklihawa VDCs.

14. After the construction of Gandak western Indian canal (according to the treaty) direct release of the water from the river of Singhha and Raipura has diverted which resulted in the storage of water in Paklihawa, Narsahi, Rupaliya, Pratappur, Somani, Khertawa, Guthi Suryapura, Bedauli and Bhujhawa VDCs and transformed all above villages into semi flooded land. So, we demand the permanent management for the release of water from the river and demand the proper compensation of the flooded region from the time of construction of Gandak barrage till date.

15. Pitched road along side the canal, western Indian Gandak canal and the bridge over it should be immediately repaired within a reasonable time period. Slope along side the road on the bridge must be made much longer considering the accidents happened in the past.

16. Because of the storage of water after the construction of Gandak barrage in the region, it has started to contaminate the drinking water as well became the permanent breeding place for the mosquitoes. So, we demand the facility of proper drinking water all over the project area and also the permanent center for the control of malarial fever.

17. The ecosystem had put the negative impact around the region after the unnatural construction of the Gandak project. Contaminated water of the land has affected the health of people, children and women. Therefore one "Gandak hospital" must be constructed in the central region of Kudia VDC ward no. 4.

18. Usually, Gandak project region is the main center of the flood and has affected the economic condition of the farmer and because of this they are not able to provide higher education to their children. So, scholarship must be provided to 10 students for master degree and 5 scholarships for the medical and engineering students.

19. Two lane pitch road should be constructed from Gandak barrage to Triveni Gajendra moksha dham.

20. The work of the Nepali canal for the irrigation of Nepali land must be done according to the treaty done earlier.

21. All the work done inside the Nepali territory of the Indian Gandak Canal should be done by the Nepali license holder contractor.