India to take up dam projects with Prachanda

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India to take up dam projects with Prachanda [1]

Gargi Parsai

Saptakosi, Sunkosi will help to tame Kosi
Prachanda will arrive in India
on Sunday

India will request Nepal for logistics and security

NEW DELHI: With a sense of urgency, India will take up with Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) the issue of construction of the Saptakosi and Sunkosi dam projects in upstream Nepal to tame the Kosi in Bihar. He is arriving here on Sunday.

The multipurpose Saptakosi dam will substantially reduce the flooding in Kosi, which caused unprecedented havoc in Bihar this year.

Publication Date:

10/09/2008

Source: Hindu (New Delhi) [2]

Tags:

Kosi [3], Sun Kosi [4], Dams [5], Flood Control [6], Nepal [7], India [8]

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