Civil Engineering students studying "Irrigation and Drainage Engineering" recently participated in a four-day field visit to gain practical insights into irrigation system planning and operation. The visit, supervised by faculty members Mr. Aanand Kumar Mishra, Mr. Anil Kasula, Ms. Anusha Danegulu, Mr. Bibek Thapa, Mr. Nischal Prajapati, and Ms. Unisha Ghimire, began on 9^th February. The primary objective was to guide students from the water source to the agricultural fields of the Bagmati Irrigation Project, a successful joint-managed irrigation project in Nepal. On the first day, students visited the Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project's construction site, where they learned about the project's features and observed the coffer dam's construction. They also observed drainage and slope protection works on the BP highway.

On the second day, thanks to Mr. Binod Paswan, the barrage in charge, students started from the Bagmati Irrigation Project's headwork. They observed the desilting basin and cross-drainage works along the western main canal and the Bhalohiya branch canal. They also observed water diversion from the branch through the canal outlet to the watercourse and then into the agricultural fields. The third day, with the cooperation of Mr. Kulraj Chalise, a technical official from the Narayani Lift & Khageri Irrigation Management Division, included visits to the Khageri Irrigation System's headworks and the Narayani Lift Irrigation Project's intake. Students observed river training and diversion headwork at Khageri, and the intake and pump house at the Narayani Lift Irrigation project.

The field visit proved to be a valuable learning experience for our students, providing them with insights into the operation of Nepal's irrigation projects, thanks to the information shared by the technical personnel of the respective projects.