The 14th meeting of the India-Nepal Joint Committee on Inundation and Flood Management was held in Nepal on March 9-13.

The meeting was co-chaired by Sher Singh member (planning), Ganga Flood Control Commission (JFCC) from the Indian side and Susheel Chandra Acharya, DG, Department of Water Resources and Irrigation (DWRI) from the Nepali side, read a statement.

Joint Committee members also undertook site visits to various areas on the India-Nepal border where management of flood, erosion and inundation issues fall within the Committee's ma date.

They also visited the sites of emergent works proposed to be undertaken on a set of rivers in the border areas, the statement read.

The site visit, which took place from March 9-12, was followed by the main meeting held in Kathmandu on March 13.