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Bagaha : Tirhut Canal has failed to provide adequate water to the farmers under Bagaha block this summer and crops like maize, mung, vegetables and sugarcane grown in thousands of hectare are weathering away for want of water. Eastern Main Canal, which originates from Valmikinagar Gandak Barrage under Bagaha Sub-Division in West Champaran district on Indo-Nepal border, has three branches called Tirhut, Tribeni, and Done canals.
An Assistant Engineer (AE) of Tirahut Canal Sub-division, Bagaha, Sanjay Kumar Suman, said that the canal has restored discharge of 2,500 cusec of water. But, many farmers including Kasim Ansari and Jagadish Prasad of Nayagaon Rampurwa say that Pathakauli and Kathaphor distributeries can irrigate crop fields only after discharge of over 4,000 cusecs water in the canal. At present, the water discharge is so low that that the outlets of the canal can not provide water for irrigation.
Many big farmers are, however, able to irrigate their crops using diesel pumpsets incurring heavy expenditure while the small farmers appear helpless as their bumper crops suffer for want of water. The farmers have not sown Garima paddy seed so far. Executive Engineer Girish Chandra said that in view of problems facing the farmers water discharge in the canal will be increased.
A social worker Bidya Prasad of village Ausani said that Water Resources Department (WRD) engineers had failed to do anything to help the farmers.
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