BABIYACHAUR, MYAGDI: Malika Rural Municipality has begun a project to control Myagdi River at Darwang which has long been facing the problem of land erosion.

The construction of a Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) wall has begun on the banks of the river through a users' committee to check erosion, shared Malika Chairperson Shree Prasad Roka.

For the purpose of controlling the river, the rural municipality has allocated Rs 1.5 million and the office of ward 6 has appropriated Rs 300,000. Likewise, local community people will donate their labour worth Rs 200,000.