Ram Kunwar of Diprung Chuichumma rural municipality-1 Yamkha sold oranges for 9 lakh rupees from the plantation this year. Last year, when he himself took it to the market and sold it, he earned 11 lakh rupees. This time, he sold oranges from the garden because there was no direct transportation after the flood of October 12 washed away the bridge of the Sunkosi river in Foxingtar, which flows into the Terai. He is not alone in earning millions by selling oranges in Yamkha every year.
Local Vivek Acharya, Devraj Acharya, Homraj Acharya, Kazi Khatri, Kavindra Rai, Ganesh Ghimire, Nir Bahadur Basnet, Pamphamaya Kunwar, Chhatrakumar Rai all sold oranges worth lakhs of rupees this time.
It is estimated by the orange producers, this time only in Ward No. 1, more than 50 lakhs were brought in by selling oranges. Head of Agriculture Branch LB Magar said that the details of how many oranges were sold this year have not been received yet.
Diprung Chuichumma Rural Municipality is not the only rural municipality that earns millions by selling oranges within the district. Jagat Kirati, a farmer of Jantedhunga Rural Municipality, also said that even though dozens of villages in Ward No. 4, 5 and 6 here sell millions of oranges, they do not have an accurate account of it. He said, ``Last year too, more than 20 million worth of oranges were exported from this municipality. According to
Rawabensi rural municipality, 130 metric tons of oranges have been produced here this year. Uddhav Bastola, head of the agriculture branch, said that an income of Rs. He said, "Last year, 125 metric tons of oranges were produced, but this year, 130 metric tons of oranges were produced." Ravin Bhattarai, Head of Agriculture Branch, said that Rs.
Bhattarai said that 120 household farmers of Halesi Gariguth, Salle, Raja Pani, Durchim etc. earn an annual income of one and a half/two lakh rupees. "Orange production increased this year compared to last year," said Bhattarai, "204 metric tons were produced this year compared to last year's production of 185 metric tons". Tons of oranges have been produced. He said that an income of 2.4 million was earned from oranges grown in Ward No. 5 Maheshwari, 6 Jamire and 7 Makpa of the rural municipality.
