Sunday 1 May 2016

Mechi River


The Mechi begins in the Mahabharat Range in Nepal. It moves through Nepal, shapes the limit amongst India and Nepal and after that courses through the Indian condition of Bihar to join the Mahananda in Kishanganj district.The Mechi-Mahananda interfluve is a transitional region between the slopes and the fields and shows an extensive variety of land varieties. The streams beginning in the slopes achieve a meshing character and have all around created alluvial fans.The Mahananda stream arrangement of which Mechi is a section has a catchment territory of 8,088 square kilometers (3,123 sq mi) in Nepal and 11,520 square kilometers (4,450 sq mi) in India.Embankments exist of the left bank of the Mechi River for 14 kilometers (9 mi) in West Bengal. These need rebuilding to counteract surges in the Naxalbari zone of Darjeeling district.There additionally is a requirement for new banks. As the Mechi shapes the worldwide fringe, it was concurred at a meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Standing Technical Committee to take due consideration in adjusting the dikes with the goal that they would be at recognized separation from the outskirt and the top levels of the banks ought to be kept same on both sides, similarly as practicable.

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