Farmers in Bhatauli field, Manthali Municipality-7, are currently busy bringing in the paddy that has just sprouted. In this field, which is considered the most fertile in the district, farmers are seen busy weeding, carrying and storing paddy throughout the field. However, despite looking busy with work, the faces of the farmers are not happy.

Everyone is worried and sad. The continuous unseasonal rains from Kartik 12 to 15 have submerged the harvested rice of many farmers in Bhatauli field. Both the rice and the straw have deteriorated and become useless after four days of continuous rain. Local farmer Ram Bahadur Khatri says, 'I don't know when this happened. Earlier, it used to rain for only a day or a little, but this time it rained continuously . Both the rice and the straw in the field that used to grow 30-40 muri rice were useless.' 

Devaki Bhujel, another farmer from Bhatauli, is also in similar pain. According to her, this year the rice had grown well and the harvesting had started as it was ripe early. However, the rains that fell the next day have wasted all the hard work. She says, 'All the rice has become wet and sprouted, now this rice is not edible. We have to store it only to make fodder for the animals.'

The sun was scorching hot till the day of paddy harvesting. Farmers were confident. However, unseasonal rains have completely destroyed the paddy planted in many fields of Bhatauli Phat.

Unseasonal rains have destroyed the paddy crop planted in more than 87 hectares of land, including Manthali Municipality-7, Bhatauli Phat. According to Pramod Prasad Dahal, Chief of the Agricultural Development Office, Ramechhap, farmers have suffered a loss of more than Rs 6 million from paddy cultivation in that area. The office has collected preliminary details that about 139 metric tons of paddy crop was destroyed due to the rain.

The highest loss has been in Khandadevi Rural Municipality. Where 114 metric tons of paddy were destroyed in an area of ​​62 hectares, farmers have suffered a loss of Rs 3.5 million. Similarly, in Likhutamakoshi Rural Municipality, about 25 hectares have suffered a loss of Rs 2.7 million, the office has stated.

There was no damage to the paddy crop in Sunapati Rural Municipality, but preliminary reports have been received that 30 hectares of paddy crop have been destroyed in the remaining two municipalities and three rural municipalities. According to Chief Dahal, preparations are underway to send a detailed report of the damage to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Bagmati Province. He said that the provincial government has a provision to provide relief money to farmers at the rate of Rs 30,000 per 20 hectares as a form of relief.