Morang, July 3 -- More than 250 acres of paddy fields have been inundated in Biratnagar Ward No. 18 due to the ongoing construction of the railway track connecting Bathanaha in India to Katahari in Morang, Nepal.

Locals say the area has been inundated every monsoon for the last three years since the construction began. Construction of the railway track, which sits around five ft above the land surface puts many houses at risk of flooding

"The paddy fields in the ward have been waterlogged," said Jogindra Yadav, a resident of Ward No. 18. The drainage laid along the integrated checkpost of the railway and the railway tracks are not enough to help water drain out from the paddy fields, he added.

"In the past, floodwaters used to drain ou...