Nepal and Switzerland joined hands to develop small irrigation systems in the Mid-hills in Province 1.
Joint secretary at the Finance Ministry Shreekrishna Nepal and ambassador of Switzerland to Nepal Elisabeth von Capeller signed the agreement to implement Small Irrigation Programme (SIP)-Phase II and exchanged it between them, on behalf of their respective governments, today at the Finance Ministry.
The total budget of the programme is over 49.46 million Swiss Francs (equivalent to Rs 5.69 billion) where Switzerland has agreed to provide grants of 17.60 million Swiss Francs (equivalent to Rs 2.02 billion) and Nepal will contribute 8.86 million Swiss Francs (equivalent to Rs 1.02 billion),” reads a press note issued by the Embassy of Switzerland in Kathmandu. “The Province 1 government and participating local governments will contribute 20 per cent each of the total cost of the civil works, while Water Users Associations will contribute 10 per cent of the civil works,” it reads, adding that the programme will be implemented by the local governments of mid-hills of Province 1 over the next 4 and half years. “The programme will develop around 1,300 small irrigation schemes covering total irrigation area of 20,000 hectares benefitting more than 65,000 small farming households with an aim to double their agriculture income.”
The government has expressed its sincere appreciation to Switzerland for the assistance as well as its continued support in the socio-economic development of Nepal, the press note further reads.
Joint secretary at the Finance Ministry Shreekrishna Nepal and ambassador of Switzerland to Nepal Elisabeth von Capeller signed the agreement to implement Small Irrigation Programme (SIP)-Phase II and exchanged it between them, on behalf of their respective governments, today at the Finance Ministry.
The total budget of the programme is over 49.46 million Swiss Francs (equivalent to Rs 5.69 billion) where Switzerland has agreed to provide grants of 17.60 million Swiss Francs (equivalent to Rs 2.02 billion) and Nepal will contribute 8.86 million Swiss Francs (equivalent to Rs 1.02 billion),” reads a press note issued by the Embassy of Switzerland in Kathmandu. “The Province 1 government and participating local governments will contribute 20 per cent each of the total cost of the civil works, while Water Users Associations will contribute 10 per cent of the civil works,” it reads, adding that the programme will be implemented by the local governments of mid-hills of Province 1 over the next 4 and half years. “The programme will develop around 1,300 small irrigation schemes covering total irrigation area of 20,000 hectares benefitting more than 65,000 small farming households with an aim to double their agriculture income.”
The government has expressed its sincere appreciation to Switzerland for the assistance as well as its continued support in the socio-economic development of Nepal, the press note further reads.
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