Chandra canal, the oldest irrigation canal in the country, has collapsed due to incessant rainfall.
Floods in various rivulets including Amaha and Tengral damaged the canal at two places of Baraldaha in Saptakoshi municipality-4. Mayor Uttam Gautam said that the canal has been damaged up to 50 meters in the areas.
Around 300 houses of Ward no 1, 2, 4, and 11 of Saptakoshi municipality have been inundated after the canal collapsed, he added. The houses have been filled up to three feet of water, it is said.
Similarly, around 200 houses of Mansapur of Tilathi-Koiladi rural municipality-7 and Barsain of ward no 5 have also been waterlogged due to flood in Jita river, said Chairperson of the rural municipality, Satish Kumar Singh.
Maniyar Prasahi area of Mahadeva rural municipality is at the risk due to high water flow at Chandra canal than its capacity.
Built using one of finest engineer from then east India company with the request from Chandra Shamsher has a capacity of almost irrigating 10 thousand hectors of land. But due to continuous rainfall and maximum overuse canal is now suffering untimely maintenance and no concern for nations, but people in locality have been suffering problems.
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