Explain about Kosi project
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The Koshi River links Nepal with India and has caused catastrophic floods in the past. The flood disaster of 2008 resulted in high numbers of deaths and damages to land and property in both countries. In Nepal, many small farmers did not receive any compensation and impoverished increasingly. Income opportunities are low due to the desertification of the formerly fertile farmland. Households with better income have left the region, meanwhile poor farmers stayed behind. Especially ethnic minorities and members of lower casts are amongst the people who could not afford to move away.
The present project was flagged off in the month of September 2016. To achieve sustainability in the project and area population, we the project phase is divided in a span of 4 years upto 2019. And as per requirement, the project can be extended further.