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Chinese Government provides a feasibility study for the dam and embankments construction project in Jhapa

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•NepalSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

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Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2018

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The purpose of this project is to conduct a feasibility study for embankment construction in nine rivers of Jhapa, including Mawa, Ratuwa, Kankai, Biring, Aduwakhola and Ninda. The other 3 rivers were not specified. Many of these rivers also run through other districts of Nepal. More detailed location information can be found at: Jhapa: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7522458#map=10/26.6355/87.9830 Mawa River: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7472168#map=11/26.7695/87.7015 Ratuwa: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/45308097#map=11/26.5263/87.7484 Kankai: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/329420990 Biring: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/483600536#map=9/26.6912/88.3388 Aduwakhola (Could not be found) Ninda: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/133268712#map=11/26.5988/88.0763

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Nepali Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation

State-owned companies

  • China Communications Construction Co., Ltd. (CCCC)

Loan description

Chinese Government provides a feasibility study for the dam and embankments construction project in Jhapa

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In 2018, the governments of Nepal and China signed a deal on the construction of dam and embankments in all the rivers in Jhapa through Chinese investment. In June 2018, the MoU for conducting a feasibility study for all the nine rivers in Jhapa was signed between the Nepal Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, and China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) during the China visit of Prime Minister KP Oli. The two sides had agreed to carry out the feasibility study for embankment construction in nine rivers of Jhapa, including Mawa, Ratuwa, Kisne, Kankai, Biring and Ninda, to tame flood and erosion. In July 2018, a joint team from China and Nepal started a feasibility study for embankment construction in nine rivers of Jhapa district. The team comprise of seven CCCC representatives and two senior divisional engineers from the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation. The team was conducting the feasibility study to construct embankments that will together span the length of 35 km. it would take at least six months to prepare the detailed project report (DPR).