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Inside and Outside the Kosi Embankments
Published in 2020 | Type: Case Study
The Kosi project and its construction work has had an effect on the basin ecology, the villagers, and farmers, whose livelihood have been badly affected. Migration has increased and thousands of acres has been rendered useless by the waterlogging prevalent in the area. For hundreds of villages in the Kosi basin, basic amenities such as education facilities, health, safe water, electricity, travel are still a distant dream.
The worst condition is that of the villages inside the embankment. Their harrowing tales are often unheard. Inside the embankments both erosion and silt deposition is increasing every year. Before the construction of the embankments the river flowed over a vast area. Now it is restricted between the two embankments. With silt deposition that occurs every year, the land inside has risen. If one stands on the embankments one can easily see the height disparity, the land inside the embankment is higher than the land outside. This has in turn worsened the flood situation inside the embankments.
The worst condition is that of the villages inside the embankment. Their harrowing tales are often unheard. Inside the embankments both erosion and silt deposition is increasing every year. Before the construction of the embankments the river flowed over a vast area. Now it is restricted between the two embankments. With silt deposition that occurs every year, the land inside has risen. If one stands on the embankments one can easily see the height disparity, the land inside the embankment is higher than the land outside. This has in turn worsened the flood situation inside the embankments.