A total of 101 small irrigation schemes have been completed in different parts of Makawanpur for enhancing agro productivity.

According to the Bagmati Province Water Resource and Irrigation Division Office, 101 small irrigation schemes were completed as of mid-February against the target to accomplish 191 schemes in the current fiscal year.

As informed, Rs 178.9 million was spent on the schemes. A total budget of Rs 380.09 million was appropriated for 191 schemes in the district.

Among the schemes, four were related to river control, 80 related to irrigation, one medium irrigation project, and 15 others have been completed.

Irrigation facility has been made available to 500 hectares of land by repairing the old canal structure and 200 hectares of land through additional new irrigation schemes.

Though Makawanpur has 62,017 hectares of cultivable land, the irrigation facility has reached only 20,000 hectares.

Additional 1,050 hectares of land will be irrigated if the old and new irrigation schemes are completed by the end of the current fiscal year.

It may be noted that the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation Development of Bagmati Province had conducted a survey on cultivable land and irrigation facilities in 13 districts of the province two years ago.