300 houses of Banskhark are cultivated and traders reach the farm to buy oranges
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There were 5 orange trees planted by my grandfather in 1997. Many people asked for it because it was very delicious. Babu Meen Bahadur Khatri added 25 plants in the year 2033. It gave good yield in 5 years. Oranges found a market in the village. After selling easily, money came to buy tea and salted oil by handing over cash.
Jagat Bahadur Khatri of Bazarare village of Banskhark located in Jaljala Rural Municipality-1 of Parbat is now remembered for the contribution of his father and grandfather. The path shown by Babubaje has brought financial progress in his life. They are earning millions from oranges in the village without having to go abroad or even go to the city.
Excited to earn cash from the oranges grown in the orchard, Khatri is adding more plants every year. In the year 2039, he added one hundred plants. In 2043, another 135 were added, bringing the total to 250 plants. After that, his products started selling to Beni market. In 2053, he raised about 500 plants.
After growing so many oranges, the orchard near his house was full. Some expressed fear that they would have to starve if they planted only oranges. Even the wife Manakumari was afraid that she would not be a farmer at first. But the technicians of the then District Agricultural Development Office started calling him for training in different places. Awarded as a leading farmer. Then he was not afraid.
'After planting oranges, I was scolded at home because I could not eat them,' Khatri said He says that Khatri has grown up. In the following years, he is adding some plants.
He has now finished all the fields that cultivated millet, corn and rice. Oranges are grown in all fields except the house and yard. The nearby kharbari is also full. Khatri's 28 plantation land has now become an orange forest. This year alone, Khatri has sold 34,000 kg of oranges from 1,553 plants.
In general terms, he earned 4 million 80 thousand rupees from Suntala this year. 500 more plants are growing. Khatri said that when all those plants bear fruit, 40,000 kg of oranges will be produced annually.
While being a teacher for 35 years, Khatri stayed in the village and invested in oranges. He has spent his retired life in the production of oranges. Four daughters got married and went home. Son Yam Bahadur did not do any other job. He is engrossed in taking care of oranges along with his daughter-in-law. He said that traders from Kathmandu came and bought oranges this year.
300 houses in Banskhark have been planted with oranges. Chandra Bahadur Garbuja of Upallo village also has 1,500 plants in his garden. Among them, about 1,000 plants have borne fruit in his garden. He also said that this year he sold oranges worth 1.5 million rupees. After retiring from the Indian Army, he planted oranges in the garden since 2056.
He got information about orange farming while going to the Gorkha Welfare Fair. Seeing the garden planted by Khatri in the village, he also planted oranges 25 years ago in the year 2056. He says that he got his reward at this time.
Traders come door to door to buy oranges. Big traders from Pokhara, Kathmandu and Chitwan come to buy oranges in Banskhark. Garbuja said that it sold up to 120 rupees per kg in wholesale. About 50 households in Banskhark have also cultivated kiwi. Households in areas where oranges do not grow have also earned by growing kiwi.
