There is no irrigation facility in 31,000 hectares of arable land across the district
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In the district, compared to last financial year, paddy planting has decreased by about 7 percent this year. According to Chetraj Bhandari, information officer of Krishi Gyan Kendra Jhapa, compared to the previous financial year 2081/82, planting has decreased by 6.86 percent this year.
According to him, rice is cultivated in an area of 75 thousand 459.18 hectares throughout the district. However, according to the data till last Sunday, only 67 thousand 513 hectares or 89.47 hectares have been planted in the district.
When during this period of the last financial year, 96.33 percent planting was completed. Although there was not enough rain in time and it rained only after July 15, the farmers of some municipalities of the district are still busy with planting. He says that because of
, planting is gradually increasing. According to Gyan Kendra, most plantations in the district have been done in municipalities like Kankai, Mechinagar, Shivasatakshi, while Arjundhara, Haldibari and other municipalities have had less planting than others.
32 percent of arable land does not have irrigation facilities
Knowledge Center's Information Officer Bhandari 32 percent of arable land across the district ie They say that there is no irrigation facility in 30,984 hectares of land. Of course, the sky is full of water for irrigation.
According to him, the remaining 68 percent i.e. 67 thousand 732 hectares of land has been irrigated underground and canal. This data has been prepared according to the agricultural census of 2078. Due to the fact that there is a lot of cultivated land filled with sky water, there is an impact on rice planting every year due to lack of sufficient rainfall.
