5,900 people have benefited from the integrated mobile camp organized for a week in Nisdi.
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The pumpkin grown in the garden of Tek Bahadur Rana of Jyamire Batasa, Nisdi Rural Municipality-7 was unusual. When it was weighed, it exceeded 28 kg, and a crowd of people gathered to see it. Growing pumpkin in the village is not a big deal. But the pumpkin grown in his garden surpassed 35 agricultural producers and even came first.
He received a cash prize of Rs 2,500 and a certificate for coming first. ‘The pumpkin grown in my garden could not find a market. But I came first in the competition,’ he said, ‘I am very happy. If the rural municipality had supported me in expanding the market, I could have earned some cash income.’
The gourd brought by Durga Bahadur Bharam Magar of Nisdi-7, Jyamire Ghorlikharka to the exhibition was also no less. He received a cash prize of Rs 1,500 and a certificate for coming second. He did not expect that the gourd grown in a field, manure, etc. would win an award.
‘The climate in our village is good, so it grows very well,’ he said, ‘Now the rural municipality should support the expansion of commercial farming and provide contact for the market.’
Not only Rana and Bharam Magar, but many people in the north and south-facing fields of Nisdi Rural Municipality, located 70 kilometers east of the district headquarters Tansen, cultivate agricultural and fruit crops such as pumpkins, gourds, pumpkins, peanuts, amliso, lemons, etc. The crops grown here are very good.
Nisdi Rural Municipality-5 Galdha beans (peas) and ginger have been exported to Europe. Dilmaya Thapa, a farmer from Galdha, said that it is suitable for farming because it is neither too cold nor too hot.
It is very difficult to find a market because the dirt road and the market are far away. Beans, ginger, amliso, and vegetables are exported through middlemen. Farmers complain that it is difficult to reach nearby Rampur, Arunkhola, Dumkibas and Sardi due to unpaved roads and difficult geographical conditions. However, the rural municipality has been encouraging farmers every year, said Information Officer Arjun Khanal.
‘Every year, agricultural exhibitions are held and farmers are provided with fertilizers and seeds,’ he said, ‘Due to geographical conditions, there may be problems in transporting some to the markets, but consumption in the domestic market has also been good.’ The rural municipality has been encouraging farmers by holding agricultural exhibitions in the ward-wise areas. This year, 14 farmers in Bankamlang, 31 in Sahalkot, 10 in Jhirubas, 58 in Mityal, 44 in Galdha, 26 in Archale and 36 in Jyamire brought their products to the exhibition.
Rural municipality chairman Mukt Bahadur Saru said that the exhibition was arranged in the integrated mobile camp run by the rural municipality with the aim of providing services to the citizens at their doorsteps. He said that farmers are supported in various areas every year.
This year too, a budget of Rs 3.8 million has been allocated by the village assembly of Nisdi Rural Municipality. In the current fiscal year, Rs 7 million has been allocated for 75 percent subsidy for the demand-based agricultural development program in the agricultural sector, Rs 5 million for agricultural machinery subsidy, and Rs 3 million for 50 percent subsidy for plastic mulching, said Chief Administrative Officer Purna Bahadur Chitaure.
A budget of Rs 7 million has been allocated for youth mobilization through barren land registration and contract farming, and Rs 3 million for agricultural transportation and marketing through Nisdi Kosheli Ghar. Accounts Officer Saroj Kafle informed that there is a budget of Rs 2 million for agricultural transportation and staff meetings, Rs 2 million for plant protection and emergency service programs, and Rs 2 million for soil testing and agricultural lime distribution.
Kafle said that there is a budget of Rs 2 million for organic fertilizer and area expansion programs, Rs 2 million for farmer-level and technical training, Rs 1 million for garden strengthening programs, and Rs 2 million for coffee plantations.
Along with the agricultural and livestock exhibition, the rural municipality has provided services to the citizens by operating integrated mobile camps in all seven wards. According to Vice President Tiran Kumari Shrestha, the service has been provided through camps in the ward-wadas, keeping in mind the compulsion to reach the center of the municipality due to geographical conditions.
5,907 people have availed services through the camp. 62 agreements have been signed for the camp, and 10 plans have been paid in advance, said Infrastructure Branch Chief Sanjay Khanal.
1,072 people have received general health checkups and 998 people have received medicine distribution services through the camp. 818 people in all seven wards have received blood group testing services. 792 people have received Ayurvedic medicine distribution services.
4 people have received business registration and 62 people have received business renewal services. 63 farmers have received soil testing services. Medicines have been distributed for 19,680 livestock of 849 farmers. 232 people have taken foreign employment orientation services and 219 people have taken land classification application services.
On the occasion of the camp, 284 senior citizens in all seven wards have been honored with walking sticks, flashlights and Horlicks. Identity cards have been distributed to 151 senior citizens. Disability identity cards have been distributed to 8 people through the camp.
