Biggest river of Nepal, The Koshi Barrage of Nepal

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KOSHI BARRAGE OF NEPAL

The Koshi Barrage of Nepal

• One of the longest bridge of Nepal's biggest river

• is a flood control sluice across the Koshi River in Nepal, near the Nepal–Indian border

• It was built between 1958 and 1962

• It has 52 gates which are controlled by Indian officers although it is in Nepal

• The Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve is roughly 3–4 miles north of the Barrage
• Koshi is one of the fourteen (14) zones of Nepal
• In August 2008, the eastern embankments of the Koshi Barrage collapsed, several miles north of the Nepal-India border
• The resulting flood left nearly 100,000 people homeless in Nepal and millions in Bihar, India