95% paddy plantation completes in Bara

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By Our Correspondent

Bara, Aug. 3: About 95 per cent of paddy has been planted in Bara district till Monday. Jitendra Prasad Yadav, chief of Agriculture Knowledge Centre, Bara Kalaiya, said that paddy plantation has completed in 95 per cent of the paddy field in the district so far.

The plantation has yet to be done in around 5 per cent of paddy field due to excessive water in lowlands and lack of workers, he said.

Yadav informed that different varieties of paddy, including Bhadaiya and Agahani, have been planted in 46,000 hectares and 5 per cent of the area is yet to be planted.

This year, Bhadaiya variety of paddy is planted in about 11,931 hectares and Bhadaiya and Agahani in about 34,165 hectares of land.

Rajnarayan Sah, Crop Development Officer and Information Officer of Agriculture Knowledge Centre, informed that although there was enough rain at the time of sowing paddy seeds, this year's cultivation was costly due to lack of rain at the time of planting.

The farmers of the rural area of Bara who depend on rainfall for paddy plantation were worried after there was not enough rain even in the first week of Nepali month of Shrawan.

Shankar Prasad Choudhary Tharu, a farmer of Jitpursimra Sub-metropolitan City-16 Amadar, said that there were various problems due to lack of proper rain this year.

Most of the farmers were worried when the paddy saplings started drying up due to the scorching sun and drought.

The farmers who cultivated paddy depending on rainfall started planting paddy with the help of pump set after the cultivation work was not completed by mid-July.

Sultan Ansari, a farmer of Kalaiya Sub-metropolitan City-9, Rampur village, said that since there is no rain on time, the cost of planting paddy is now three times higher than before.

Sikendra Prasad Yadav, a farmer of Mahagadhimai Municipality-10, Ganjbhawanipur, said that he paid Rs. 1,200 for plowing with a tractor, Rs. 1,800 for plowing the field with a rotavator, Rs. 500 per hour for pump set, and Rs. 120 to a worker.

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