Sikta Irrigation Project

The initial project cost in 2005-06 was NPR 12.8 billion and estimated to be completed by 2014–15.

The project targets to irrigate 42,000 hectares of land in Banke District.

The national Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has lodged a corruption case of over NPR 2 billion in this project.

CIAA has made claims of Rs 2.13 billion from Bikram Pandey, NPR 1.56 billion from Dilip Bahadur Karki and NPR 593.45 million from Saroj Chandra Pandit.

It also claims Rs 24.05 million from Uddhav Raj Chaulagai, the managing director of the consulting company (ERMC).