Sector | agriculture & food security, natural resources, water resources/irrigation |
Funding Agency | GoN |
Project Location | Sarlahi |
Province | Madhesh |
Project Started Date | June 2022 |
Project Status | On-going |
Clients | Bagmati Irrigation Project, Department of Water Resources and Irrigation |
Bagmati Irrigation Project (BIP) is located in the western part of Sarlahi district in the Madhesh Province of Nepal. Bagmati Irrigation Project is one of the large-scale irrigation project of Nepal. Master plan of Bagmati Irrigation Project has been carried out in 1967-1972 by UNDP-FAO. The project was planned in two phases to cover 122,000 ha. Phase I was further divided in two stages. Phase I stage I included the construction of barrage and development of 45,600 ha of cultivable land of Sarlahi and Rautahat districts while Phase I stage II included development of 22,400 ha of cultivable land of Bara district.