Irrigation facility is available on around 5,487 hectares of land throughout the year in Kailali and Kanchanpur districts through deep and shallow tube-wells.

According to Groundwater Resources and Irrigation Division Development Office, the irrigation facility has been provided to 5,487 hectares of land so far after the country adopted the federal structure.

Division Chief Shrawan Khanal said a total of 140 deep tube-wells have been installed in Kailai, Kanchanpur and Dadeldhura districts after the establishment of provinces. Out of the installed deep tube-wells, 91 are in operation while other structures are in course of construction.

Deep and shallow tube-wells have been installed in order to provide irrigation facility to the farms of the farmers throughout the year.

Khanal added that the Division Office did not allocate budget to install the shallow tube-wells in the current fiscal year as the responsibility was handed over to the local level to install shallow tube-wells.

He mentioned that Rs 1.2 million budget was given to local levels under fiscal transfer to install shallow tube-wells.