Irrigation Expansion Boosts Farming in Mangsebung

ILAM. Farmers in Ilam's Mangsebung Rural Municipality-2, Malbanse, have no problem cultivating paddy this year. Those who have been relying on rain-fed agriculture for years are now free from their old problem. The construction of concrete irrigation canals under the Small Irrigation Program has brought smiles to the faces of farmers in Malbanse. "In the past, we used to wait for rain-fed water; this year, we are freed from that compulsion with the expansion of irrigation facilities from the beginning," said the plan consumer committee chairman, adding, "I and more than 50 farmers here have been freed from the old suffering."

More than 50 farmers, including Magar, are happy with the construction of a systematic irrigation canal under the Small Irrigation Program in Malbanse. A Twanagre-Balbanse irrigation canal has been constructed from the Twanagre stream at a cost of Rs 30,36,000 in his locality. With the construction of the canal, farmers in Malbanse are happy to be freed from the hassle of waiting for rain-fed water for years.