In Lumbini Province, which is considered fertile land for rice production, only 20 percent of the planting has been completed by the end of mid-Ashar. Due to the lack of irrigation, farmers have not been able to plant rice even when the seeds are being planted in the paddy fields in the Terai districts.

According to the statistics of the province's Directorate of Agricultural Development, Banke has the lowest planting among the 12 districts of Lumbini Province. Out of the 33,870 hectares under rice cultivation, only 168.9 percent, or zero decimal 5 percent, has been planted so far. In Lumbini, the highest planting has been done in Nawalparasi West. According to Navin Gaire, Agricultural Extension Officer of the Directorate, 50 percent of the fields in Nawalparasi West have been planted. In Nawalparasi, 20,887 hectares of land are under paddy cultivation, of which 10,443 hectares have been sown so far. In Rupandehi, where paddy is grown on 63,550 hectares, 27,326 hectares, or 43 percent, have been sown. Similarly, in Dang, where paddy is grown on 36,200 hectares, 15 percent has been sown, and in Kapilvastu, where paddy is grown on 66,225 hectares, only 1.58 percent, or 1,500 hectares, have been sown so far. Other fields are barren due to lack of water. In Bardiya, where paddy is grown on 50,150 hectares, 19.31 percent has been sown.

Among the six hilly districts, Palpa has the lowest percentage of 4 percent. Although paddy is cultivated on 7,287 hectares, only 291 hectares have been sown. Of the 6,541 hectares of paddy-cultivable land in Gulmi, 7 percent has been sown, while 88 percent has been sown in Pyuthan. Of the 6,525 hectares of paddy-cultivable land in Pyuthan, 5,742 hectares have been sown so far. Gaire, the directorate's agricultural extension officer, said that most of the paddy has been sown as irrigation facilities have been provided to most of the cultivable land in Pyuthan. According to him, 11.2 percent of the fields in Arghakhanchi, 40 percent in Rolpa, and 25 percent in Rukum East have been sown.

While farmers are unable to sow due to lack of irrigation, the local and provincial governments are preparing to celebrate Paddy Day by visiting the fields of Kisa on the occasion of Asad 15. The provincial government is preparing to celebrate Paddy Day in Sunwal Municipality. Ram Prasad Pandey, Acting Director of the Directorate of Agriculture Development, said that preparations are being made to celebrate Paddy Day in Sunwal Municipality in coordination with the three-tier government. ‘In the hilly districts of the Terai region of Lumbini Province, the highest paddy planting has been done in Pyuthan and the lowest in Palpa,’ he said. ‘On the occasion of Paddy Day on Monday, preparations are being made to celebrate Paddy Day in Sunwal, West Nawalparasi, in coordination with the three-tier government to encourage farmers.’ He said that preparations are being made to celebrate the day in coordination with the federal government’s National Agriculture Modernization Program, the provincial government and the local level.