📜 Barrage built over 60 years ago to manage devastating seasonal floods.
🔍 Known to attract a rare species of freshwater dolphin.
🐬 Easily spot rare Ganges River dolphins feeding and playing
👨👩👧👦 Observe local life including fishermen, tourists, and birdwatchers
🏗️ Marvel at the engineering of the 1,150-meter barrage with 56 gates
🕰️ Witness a structure built in the late 1950s, still in use past its design life
⚠️ Structure is fragile and well past its prime, with a history of collapse
💸 Maintenance is solely India's responsibility, with customarily scarce funds
🚗 No visa or checkpoint required when driving westward from Itahari, Nepal, and briefly crossing the Indian border.
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