After there was no rain until mid-July, paddy plants have been started to be planted by removing the loose soil in the dry areas. Reshammaya Kumar of Gorkha Municipality-9 Jamune is planting paddy in a field that has become dry due to drought. Reshammaya, who is 65 years old, says that this year is the first time that such a compulsion has occurred due to lack of rain.

Last year, we planted paddy in this field. This year, there is not a single drop of water, we have to plant rice seeds in the soil like millet," she said. There is hope that it will flourish if there is more rain. She said that it takes more time to plant seeds in fields without water. ``We cut the seeds with a stick so that the seeds stay in the wet soil,'' she said, ``There are four planters, if we plant in this way, we don't get good results. It's been two days and we have planted only four/five seeds.'' "The field planted by 9 planters in one day in the rainy season is not watered this year. Instead of sowing the seeds in the bed, they have been searching four fields a day for planting," he said. "I planted the seeds even though it was in dry soil, my brother's field is barren, this field was cut due to excess water, this year there is not a drop of water, I hope that the roots will break after four drops of rain," he said. He said that although the preparations started on June 15, the planting was delayed due to lack of rain.

``It is a field that is planted with a tractor, plowed, and planted,'' he said, ``I am 73 years old . Planting was done with bulls and tractors, but due to the fallowing, planting did not have to be done until this age.' He said that he was burying rice plants in the soil after the drought delayed the planting in the fields that could be planted by the third week of June. Last year, he imported 29 muri of paddy from this farm. He said that there is no hope that rice planted in dry soil will flourish if it does not rain even in a day.

In the field planted at the end of June, drought has torn the grain . Locals say that the fields did not see water because the roots did not break during the dry season. Kunwar said, 'Now the fields are cracked, now after two/four days of drought, the seedlings will start drying.' Farmers are complaining that they are unable to plant due to the drought in the tari fields around Jamune. In the past years, the farmers of this area used to plant after the spring rain broke the roots. The local Mishri Kunwar said that now there is not a drop of water in Kulo. "Even in June, ants have been walking in the fields," she said. While waiting for rain, she has not yet been able to plant . Barkhe paddy has been cultivated in 12,920 hectares of

district. Prakash Bastakoti, head of Krishi Gyan Kendra, said that till Sunday, 78 percent of the fields have been planted. He said that planting in the tari fields has been affected by the drought.

'It is almost time to plant by July 15,' he said, 'If there is not enough rain, the fields that are planted are barren if the roots are not broken and the sky is full of water.' He also said that the area to be planted will increase within a week if it rains.