Bangalipur biodyke protects the communities from floods and soil erosion
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Sanjib Chaudhary
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25/07/2017
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Construction , Disasters , Technology
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Bangalipur, a closed-knit community of 135 households, with Practical Action's support built a biodyke on the banks of Aurahi River, a tributary of Karnali River. Over the last 15 years the river eroded three bighas (2.028 hectare) of agriculture land owned by 10 families rendering some of them landless. The Nepal Flood Resilience Project (NFRP) brought communities together in Bangalipur, formed a community disaster management committee (CDMC), and supported technically and financially to build an embankment along the banks of the river. The 220 m long biodyke has prevented the flood waters from entering the community and eroding the banks of the river.It has also saved the crops in the nearby fields from being swept away by the river. "The river used to erode 4-5 metres of land every year," said Rongali Tharu, 70, of Madhuban Municipality-2, Phulbari, Bangalipur. "This year there has been no soil erosion at all." "We worked for 25 days at a stretch to build this biodyke," said Phularam Chaudhary, the chairperson of the CDMC. "Two people from each household worked till we constructed 100 metres of the biodyke and one person from each household continued supporting the biodyke construction." The goal of the NFRP is to build resilience of poor and vulnerable communities in Nepal with improvements measured using a resilience measurement framework together with documenting the best practices and lessons learnt.
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