Kanchanpur, Aug 8 : Local people have joined forces to change the course of the local Machhaleli river at Krishnapur Municipality-2 in the district after it burst embankments advancing to the settlements along.
The river posed risks to the
settlements by bursting embankments. So efforts are on to change its
course, said the ward chair Arjun Bahadur Saud.
The river embankments were
constructed some years ago under the people's embankment office.
Two excavators provided by the municipality have been deployed to change the river course. "During monsoon, the river may get swollen any time posing risks to more than 300 houses alongside. So, changing the river course is inevitable."
The river eroded and flooded the
settlements every year.
Meanwhile, embankment construction
at Bedkot Municipality-4 is underway to save the settlements at Sarki Parki
village from risks posed by the local Chaudhar river.
An Armed Police Force team has been at work to construct a temporary embankment.
The flooded river on August 3
displaced the family of local Krisan Bhul while nine families in the area were
relocated to safety. (RSS)