Expert Opinion: Re-divert Kosi during Jan - March

News & Content Courtesy: Ekantipur

Head of the technical committee constituted by the Bihar Government, Nilendu Sanyal, today suggested to top water resource officials from Nepal and India to turn the Saptakoshi River back to its original course and plug the breached embankment between January and March when the water level falls. During a briefing to Nepali and Indian Water Resource Secretaries, Indian envoy Rakesh Sood and other senior officials who visited the breached embankment site at Pashchim Kushaha and adjoining areas, Sanyal suggested that every structure should be kept in a ready position beforehand but the river should be diverted back only between January and March.

Sanyal, a retired Engineer-in-Chief of the Water Resources Department of Bihar, was part of the team of engineers during the Koshi Barrage construction 47 years ago. Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Water Resources Shital Babu Regmee told the Post after arriving in Kathmandu from an inspection of the site that visiting officials from both countries listened carefully to what Sanyal had to say as he has thorough knowledge about the nature of Koshi.

Water discharge level in the Koshi during the three month period would be around 10,000 to 11,000 cusecs.

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