This document summarizes the Sikta Irrigation Project, one of Nepal's national pride projects. The project aims to irrigate 34,000 hectares of land in Banke district through the West Rapti River. It began in 2005/2006 with an estimated budget of NPR 12.8 billion but has faced delays and cost overruns, with the estimated completion date moved to 2020 and budget increased to NPR 25.02 billion. The project has faced issues including damages during testing and corruption cases totaling over NPR 2 billion brought against contractors by Nepal's Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority.
1. FIVE NATIONAL PRIDE PROJECTS OF
NEPAL
1. SIKTA IRRIGATION
2. UPPER TAMAKOSHI
3. MELAMCHI KHANEPANI
4. GAUTAM BUDDHA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
5. EAST WEST HIGHWAY ( MAHENDRA
HIGHWAY)
2. PRESENTED BY
SUSHMEETA B.K
MILAN THEENG
RANJIT SUBEDI
SANIL SHAH
NABINA MANADHAR
BISHAL RAI
SHILA NIRAULA
SALIN SUNAR
BHAWANA GURUNG
3. Background
It is one of the National Pride Projects of
Nepal.
It is situated in Banke district of mid
western development region of Nepal.
Project area comprises 34 VDCs and the
municipality of Nepalgunj, which is district
headquarter.
4. Background
GON has therefore given a priority to the
implementation of the large scale Sikta
Irrigation Project which would irrigate about
34,000 hectars of land in the district.
Water source for this project is the West
Rapti River , which originates from the mid
mountains in the Mid Western Region of
the country.
7. DONAR AGENCY
In 2004, the Irrigation
development program under the
EUROPEAN UNION concluded
that the project is feasible by its
own resources.
8. SITE LOCATION
Province No. 5 , in Banke district.
The project study was done from
Germany in 1980
However, the intake is in the Rapti river
in western part of Nepal.
9. PROJECT BUDGET
The initial project cost in2 005/2006
NPR 12.8 billion and estimated. t0 be
completed by 2014/015
The project still under construction
and estimated to be completed by
2020.
The project is estimated to rise to NRP
25.02 billion.
10. PROJECT TIME /DURATION
The project was initiated on fiscal year
2005/006 but the estimated to be
completed by 2014/2015.
The project is still under construction
estimated to be completed by 2020.
In 2019 the project completion was
60%
11. PROJECT OBJECTIVE
The project target to irrigate 42000 hectars of
land in banke district to contribute national
development.
The major three objective of the project.
Improvement of agricultural
Support services which improve the productive
capacity of farmers.
Enhance the living standard of in Banke
district.
12. PROJECT TYPES
GON is implementing many small ,
medium and large type of
irrigation projects. Sikta irrigation
project (SIP) is the national pride
project of Nepal implemented by
Government of Nepal
13. PROJECT ISSUE
There are major two issue in this
project they are as follows
DAMAGES
CORRUPTION
14. DAMAGES
In 2016 a canal section collapsed due to
weak soil properties during testing at
the flow of 5m3 /s
In September, 2017, damages was due to
cross drainage problem.
In 2018, damages in canal were
reported during testing
15. CORRUPTION
The national commission for
Investigation of abuse of Authority
(CIAA) has l0dged a corruption case of
over NPR 2 billion in this project
The case if Kalika construction Bikram
Pandey over the construction of a canal
and 20 staffs.
16. CORRUPTION
CIAA has made claims of Rs 2.13 billion
from Bikram Pandey, NPR 1.56 billion
from Dilip Bahadur Karki and NPR 593.45
million from Saroj Chandra Pandit.
It also claims Rs 24.05 million from
Uddhav Raj Chaulagai, the managing
director of the consulting company
(ERMC).
17. CONCLUSION
The overall objective of the study ids to
assess the consequences of delay and
disputes of selected contracts of Sikta
Irrigation project , Banke, Nepal.
