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Bhola Mandal of Mahottari Pipra Rural Municipality Ratauli had no problem planting paddy until three years ago. Since there was a canal near the farm, they could plant rice by the end of June. However, since three years, paddy planting has become a headache for him. The reason is that there is no water in the canal next to Mandal's farm. Most of the farmers in this area are in trouble after the water does not reach the canal which is connected by the Bighi River.
Mandal cultivating paddy in one and a half bigha field is hoping for water from the sky. However, there is not enough rain to plant crops in Madhesh. Now the sky is the hope of the water. "If there is no rain, the fields remain barren," he said, "the seeds are ready, if there is no water, the seeds have started to rot." He complained that the government has not paid attention to the farmers' problems with irrigation, fertilizer and seeds for years.
Like Mandal, Ram Ekwal Thakur of Loharpatti Municipality-7, Bhramarpura also has the same problem. He also has not been able to plant paddy till now. Thakur Akashe, who cultivates paddy in a four-bigha field, lives on the hope of water. He complained that even though the rice seeds were ready, they could not plant them. Mandal and Thakur are representative farmers who could not plant paddy. More than two-thirds of Madhesh's land has not been planted.
Pradeep Kumar Yadav, senior horticultural officer of the Directorate of Agricultural Development, informed that only 33.78 percent of the planting has been done in Madhesh province till Friday. According to him, rice is being cultivated on 372,645 hectares of total arable land in Madhesh province. Out of which 1 lakh 25 thousand 888.6 hectares, i.e. 33 percent of the land has been planted.
Saptari has the lowest planting in Madhesh. There are 81,668 hectares of total cultivable land here. Out of which 68,000 hectares are under rice cultivation. However, only 16 percent of the land has been planted so far. Similarly, the most planting has been done in Parsa. Here, rice is being cultivated on 39 thousand 731 hectares of land. Of that, 73.34 percent of the land has been planted with rice.
25% of land in Dhanusha, 29% in Siraha, 40% in Bara, 45% in Rautahat, 40% in Sarlahi and 18% in Mahottari have been planted. Madhesh has a total of 542 thousand 580.78 hectares of arable land. Out of which 372 thousand 645 hectares of rice is being cultivated. However, even 25 percent of the land is not irrigated, said Yadav. The main challenge is irrigation. Farmers cannot plant unless there is irrigation,' he said, 'Seeds and fertilizers are only available, irrigation is the main problem.' Ramvaran Yadav said that the main problem is irrigation. He claimed that although the government claims that 70 percent of the land is irrigated, in reality only 30 percent of the land is irrigated. The farmer here is always full of sky and water. This year it hasn't rained yet,' he said, 'that's why planting has not been possible.' The meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Thursday declared Madhesh as a dry area and requested the federal government for assistance. Although the government has made the intention to provide relief, the source has not been determined yet.
