Banke. Two decades after the commencement of the national pride Sikta Irrigation Project in Banke, the project has achieved 46 percent physical progress. Established in the fiscal year 2061/62, construction began that same year.Sikta Irrigation Project Director Raju Acharya stated that the total expenditure since the project's inception has reached Rs 23.77 billion. According to him, this represents 44.95 percent financial and 46 percent physical progress compared to the total master plan.Acharya noted that while a budget of Rs 3.30 billion was proposed for the current fiscal year as per the approved master plan, the project only received Rs 1.57...