5 thousand hectares of crops were lost in Kanchanpur due to flood and inundation

According to the agriculture branch, more than 3,000 hectares of paddy fields have been damaged due to cutting and rotting in all the 9 local levels of the district. Rehabilitation, Belauri and Dodhara Chandni Municipalities and Beldadi and Laljhadi Rural Municipality have suffered more damage. "Now there is no time to plant, even the seeds of charuwa paddy are not available," said Kamalapati Bhatt, head of the agriculture branch of Dodhara Chandni municipality, "Now soybeans, mas, mung and sesame seeds can be sown." .

Even though it is possible to sow in non-muddy areas, Bhatt said that due to the fact that many places are still muddy, even pulses and oilseed crops cannot be sown. In Dodhara Chandni Municipality, the Jogbuda river flood had damaged the settlements of Kutiakvar, Sundarnagar, Kanjbhoj and Paterakhalla. According to the agriculture branch, 266 hectares of paddy, 6 hectares of maize, 7 hectares of vegetables and 2 hectares of sesame have been destroyed due to flooding and cutting. Khadak Budha of Dodhara Chandni Municipality-10 Kutiakvar said, "All the vegetables planted on rent have been covered with sand, now how will he pay the cost of the seeds? He rented 3 bighas of land for vegetables and paddy." He cultivated.

According to the Agriculture Branch, paddy fields of 4.5 hundred hectares in Bhimdatta municipality, 400 hectares, 500 hectares in Belauri and 400 hectares in rehabilitation have been destroyed due to excess. Similarly, about 200 hectares in Belauri, 300 hectares in rehabilitation, 50 hectares in Beldandi and 200 hectares in Laljhandi have also been destroyed. 'All the details have not been collected, the details are coming from the ward,' said Niraj Sharma, head of the agriculture branch of Beldandi rural municipality, 'the initial details have come, the damage may be more.' The dam of the Charan canal has burst and entered the settlement. Because of this, the entire village was flooded. Along with Beldandi, Belauri municipality was also inundated due to the flood of Chaudhar river. In Punarwas Municipality-8, like last year, paddy has dried up this year as well. According to Karna Bahadur Shahi, head of the agriculture branch, the frozen water in the fields is also black. Even though there is no fall in that area, the paddy has dried up. Last year, about 100 hectares of rice and 50 hectares of sugarcane were destroyed due to water mixed with chemicals in the same rehabilitation - 5 Simri, 7 Parasan etc.

Although the farmers claim that the paddy crop has dried up due to chemical leakage from the nearby sugar mill, it is not clear where the chemical came from. The affected farmers have not received any relief so far. "This year too, the paddy crop has completely dried up like a flood. Due to the presence of sugar mills in the nearby Indian region, it is estimated that the rice has dried up due to the water coming from the same area," said Karna Bahadur Shahi, head of the agriculture branch of the Punarwas Municipality. Last year, 100 hectares of paddy and 50 hectares of sugarcane suddenly dried up in Doda Ward-5, 7 and 10. Farmers have been claiming that chemicals from the nearby sugar mill have washed away rice and sugarcane.

In the water sample test, it has been confirmed that rice and sugarcane have dried up due to chemicals. But till now, the affected farmers have not received relief and compensation. Govind Sijapati, head of Krishi Gyan Kendra Kanchanpur said, "If the beds are ready, planting can also be done." He said that even paddy cannot be sown in places where water does not accumulate. In Kanchanpur, paddy is cultivated on about 50,000 hectares. The productivity of rice here is 4 metric tons per hectare.