The
Badkapath Irrigation Project (Badkapath Irrigation Project) area is located in
left bank of Rapti River covering most of the cultivable area of three VDCs
namely Gobardiha, Gangaparaspur and Gadhawa ie ward No 1-7 of Gadhwa Rural
Municipality. Presently, the farmers use local streams to irrigate their land
during monsoon season. The streams carry no water during winter season and
farmers have to depend on rain water for irrigating their lands. There are no
appropriate intake structures for regulating water into the canals, especially
during flood period. Due to the temporary nature of the system, the farmers
have to face awful difficult situation after every flood event damaging all
their efforts of successfully diverting the river water. Numbers of secondary and sub secondary
systems off take from local streams by constructing diversion structures made
up of local earth and forest product. The technical and other resources
capabilities for operation and maintenance are thus beyond the capability of
the local farmers.
After successful implementation and operation of Praganna Kulo Irrigation Project which irrigate 5800 Ha. cultivable area of Chaulahi, Sonpur, Sisahaniya & Lalmatiya VDCs of Dang District, Department of Water Resource and Irrigation (DoWRI) through Badkapath Irrigation System aims to bring water from West Rapti River by constructing new canal and required structures. It also aims to rehabilitate and improve the existing irrigation systems in order to enhance the irrigation facility and convert them into improved and effective irrigation systems. This proposed improvement includes construction of intake at Rapti River, main canal, related structures and rehabilitation of existing FMISs by integrating them into limited numbers of systems, river training works, institutional development of Water User's Association and adequate agricultural support. The intake is located on the left bank of Rapti river at about 1.1 km upstream from the location of Bhalubang bridge at Mahendra Rajmarga. The intake area and initial 3 Km part of canal lies in ward no 6 of Jaluke VDC, ie ward no. 1 of Sitganga municipality of Arghakhachi district.