Butwal, Oct. 23 -- The President Chure Tarai Madhes Conservation Development Committee has started works of a multipurpose high dam at Lamiraha in Sainamaina Municipality, Rupandehi.

The project, which is led by Sainamaina Municipality, aims to conserve the Chure area, recharge groundwater, irrigate fields and promote water tourism.

Lamiraha, a 40metre lake formed by the water of Khappar Khola, is around three kilometres north from the Murgiya point of the East-West Highway. Chitra Bahadur Karki, mayor of the municipality, said the local unit also plans to construct a multipurpose water park to promote tourism and irrigate fields.

"The floodwaters of monsoon can be collected in the dam. The collected water could then be used all year r...