{"id":432170,"date":"2026-07-05T14:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T08:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=432170"},"modified":"2026-07-05T14:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T08:52:13","slug":"irrigation-minister-shrestha-directs-timely-completion-of-sikta-irrigation-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/07\/05\/432170.html","title":{"rendered":"Irrigation Minister Shrestha directs timely completion of Sikta Irrigation Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Banke:<\/strong> Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha has directed officials to complete the national pride Sikta Irrigation Project within the stipulated timeframe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During an inspection of the project in Banke, the minister said the government would ensure the required budget and simplify legal and administrative procedures to speed up construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/sikta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-432171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/sikta.jpg 942w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/sikta-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/sikta-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the project would help boost agricultural production, strengthen food security and improve the rural economy in Banke. He also stressed the need to protect irrigation canals from encroachment, pollution and unplanned urbanisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sikta Irrigation Project aims to provide year-round irrigation to more than 42,700 hectares of farmland in Banke district. According to project officials, around 50 percent of the physical work has been completed, and irrigation facilities have already been expanded to about 25,000 hectares of agricultural land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha has directed officials to complete the national pride Sikta Irrigation Project within the stipulated timeframe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":432171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,76,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-432170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-society","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432172,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432170\/revisions\/432172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432170"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=432170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}