Monday, July 6, 2015
Victims demand compensation as per Koshi Project Agreement
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Saptari, July 6: The Koshi River Deluge Struggle Committee on Sunday
staged a sit-in by halting the traffic movement in Saptakoshi Barrage
for an hour demanding compensation for the losses from Koshi River as
per the Agreement on the Koshi Project between Nepal and India, 1954.
Thousands of locals staged a demonstration under the
leadership of Nepali Congress leader Ram Kumar Chaudhari and others,
said the Struggle Committee.
Lawmaker of Saptari Constituency No.1 Manpur
Chaudhari, Ashok Kumar Mandal of Saptari-2, Chairman of Struggle
Committee Mahidev Chaudhari and others were also present in the
agitation staged in the Koshi Barrage along the East-West Highway.
The victims said that they were not given
compensation for the loss as promised by the government of India.
According to the Agreement on the Koshi Project
between Nepal and India, the compensation should have been tendered by
the government of India to the proprietors or the occupiers of the land
for all damages.
Likewise, a ministerial-level agreement was held
some three years ago in New Delhi of India to provide compensation to
the affected ones after carrying out the assessments from the technical
teams of both the countries.
Earlier, the Chairman of Struggle Committee Mahidev
Chaudhary had submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Sushil Koirala
through the Chief District Officer of Saptari by urging to meet their
demands. RSS
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