According to the Agricultural Knowledge Center Dhankuta, the windstorm has caused extensive damage to mango, litchi, rudraksha, corn, and bean crops here. The affected farmers have suffered losses ranging from a minimum of Rs 5,000 to a maximum of Rs 2.5 million.
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The windstorm and hailstorm that hit Dhankuta on the night of March 21 caused damage to the agricultural sector alone, amounting to Rs 12.5 million. According to the Agricultural Knowledge Center Dhankuta, the most damage has been caused to Sangurigadhi Rural Municipality and Chhathar Jorpati Rural Municipality in the district. The center stated that mango, litchi, rudraksh, corn and bean crops have been severely damaged due to the windstorm.
Similarly, plastic tunnels and cardamom kilns have also been damaged in Sidhuwa and Majuwa areas of Chhathar Jorpati Rural Municipality, informed Nagendra Rana, acting head of the Agricultural Knowledge Center. According to him, the affected farmers have suffered a minimum loss of Rs 5,000 to a maximum of Rs 2.5 million.
The Agricultural Knowledge Center has already collected the details of the damage in coordination with the local level and sent it to the Ministry of Industry, Agriculture and Cooperatives of Koshi Province. However, the issue of whether compensation will be provided or not has not been decided yet.
'We have prepared and sent the details of the damage, now the decision on whether to provide compensation will come from the provincial government,' said Rana. According to the center, more than 50 farmers in Sanghurigadhi and Chhathar Jorpati rural municipalities alone have been partially or fully affected.
