Koshi sees the rising water level; all 56 sluice gates opened

Kathmandu:  Water current has been measured at the highest level in the Saptakoshi River in Sunsari this year.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of the District Police Office, Saptari, Naresh Kumar Singh, informed that the water level has immoderately gone up in the Koshi barrage with incessant rainfall in a mountainous area.

All 56 sluice gates of the Koshi barrage were opened with the water level alarmingly rising. Informing that a red light has been issued to mark danger in the barrage, he said the water current was measured at 462,000 cu sec in the river at 4.00 am this morning.

However, the water current is in the fall now. In 1989, the Saptakoshi River witnessed a measurement of 472,000 cu sec water current.

This morning too, 462,000 cu sec was measured. The Koshi saw such a higher level of water current after 34 years. The local administration has urged the residents near the river basins to adopt safety measures with the rise in the water current in the Saptakoshi.

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