On Sunday, senior meteorologist Shanti Kandel predicted light to moderate rain in Terai-Madhesh for the next three days. Kandel's speculation spread joy in Madhesh, who became a cousin in Madhyabarkha. However, Madhesh has become more disturbed by the fact that it rains until Tuesday, the 3 days he has set, and the sun is shining from early morning. The latest estimates made by the Water and Weather Forecast Division for Madhesh Province, which is struggling with drought, hot summer and water crisis, are inconsistent.

``The next three days are not expected to be dry. Light to moderate rain will occur in Madhesh for the next few days. Today (Sunday) night there may be heavy rain,' senior meteorologist Kandel predicted. However, on Sunday morning, in the area south of the Madhesh highway, although it was raining since morning, the sun was shining in the afternoon. There was moderate rain around the highway.

Farmer Ram Vilas Mahato of Dhangadhimai Municipality-3 in Siraha cultivates rice in two bighas every year. He was not in the mood to cultivate paddy like other farmers as there was no rain this year. Hearing the weather forecast of rain soon, he planted paddy by irrigating it from his neighbor's private boring a week ago . He said that about 14,000 was spent on the planting by hiring the laborers along with Boringdhani .

However, the water filled in the field from boring has now dried up . Meanwhile, it hasn't even rained. Because of this, the stopped rice has started to be destroyed . Now he is regretting planting rice. "Now I feel like I'm trapped," he said, "If we don't water the rice, the investment will be wasted, if we water again from the boring, the cost will be more than the production." Farmer Gudri Yadav of Mirchaiya Municipality-9 has not yet planted paddy. Waiting for the rain, the seeds prepared for planting rice have also started to dry.

According to the forecasts of the Water and Weather Forecast Division, the farmers are in a dilemma in Madhesh due to the inconsistent weather. Even after the first week of July in Madhesh, which has been dry throughout the summer, there is no chance of rain. If you look at the daily bulletin of the Water and Weather Forecast Division, it is predicted that rain will fall in Madhesh every day. However, the guess is one thing and the weather in Madhesh is another.

In the bulletin of Tuesday morning, the department has stated that 'light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning is possible in some parts of the hilly areas of the country including Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces and few places in the remaining areas'. On Tuesday afternoon, heavy rain fell for some time in Bardiwas, Lalgarh and Dhalkevar along the highway. On Tuesday evening, it rained for a while in some places of Bara, Parsa and Siraha. However, in the area south of the highway until Tuesday afternoon, the sun was bright and the sky was clear.

Division in Monday's bulletin pointed out 'light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at some places in hilly areas of the country including Rati Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini provinces and few places in the remaining provinces'. However, on Monday night, it was hot in Madhesh and the night life was affected due to power outages. Let's look at the weather forecast of last Sunday, "At present, a weather system has developed in the area around Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces and there is rain with thunder, lightning and windstorm. The system is spreading in the southwest direction . So please be careful.' However, although there was moderate rain around the highway on Sunday, it rained for a short time in the morning in the area south of the highway. The sun was shining from noon.

In the bulletin issued by the division last Saturday, there is a possibility of light to moderate rain in some places of Madhesh province including Bagmati and Gandaki and few places in the rest of the country, but it did not rain all over Madhesh on Saturday .

Last Friday, the division predicted, "There will be heavy rain in Nepal from Saturday night." Monsoon line towards Uttar Pradesh of India will move towards Nepal and its effect will cause heavy rains across the country till Monday. Earlier, the low pressure system formed in the Bay of Bengal was moving towards Nepal through Odisha, India. Its effect is expected to bring good rains to the districts of Madhesh province which are suffering from drought. But, that system went to Allahabad in India via Bihar. As it was only touched by the outer circle of the cloud, it caused only light rain in some districts of Terai-Madhesh . In some villages, there were only clouds. In the bulletin issued by the

department last Thursday morning, "At present, there is the influence of monsoon air across the country and the influence of the low pressure area around the Uttar Pradesh of India . Today (Thursday) in the afternoon it will be generally cloudy across the country. The weather in Madhesh was not as predicted for the entire country on Thursday. Bibhuti Pokharel, the spokesperson of the Department of Water and Meteorology, says that because the forecast is based on the activity in the atmosphere, sometimes the forecast may not be accurate.

Water crisis has deepened in Madhesh due to lack of rain. In Annabhandar Madhesh province, only 46 percent of the crops have been planted. Madhesh has 372 thousand 645 hectares of paddy cultivable land. So far, planting has been completed in an area of 174 thousand 508 hectares. Water is being distributed by fire engines and tankers in the areas where there is an extreme shortage of water.

International non-governmental organization Plan International has been distributing jars of clean drinking water since Sunday as part of the emergency water distribution program in Sabala Municipality-5 and 11 of Dhanusha. Janakpur-based office of Plan International has distributed 60 liter water jars per family to 211 households of Sabala-5 on the first day on Sunday. According to Ravi Shankar Pandit, head of Plan International Janakpur, distribution of drinking water has been started in cooperation with the local partner Social Development Research Center after severe water crisis was observed in Sabalako-5 and 11. "Plan International has planned to distribute drinking water in Sabala for about 10 days," said the chief Pandit, "If the situation does not improve, the water distribution program will continue". Pandit informed that Plan International aims to distribute drinking water to about 1,000 households in Sabala. Chief Minister Satish Kumar Singh requested donor agencies for assistance as all the 8 districts of Madhesh province were declared drought-affected by the state government.

'Following the Chief Minister's request, we have seen severe drinking water problems in all the 5 local levels working in Dhanusha,' Pandit, head of Plan International Janakpur, said, 'We have started distributing jars to avoid the problem of drinking water.' Chief District Officer of Saptari Bhola Dahal has requested the residents of Surunga Municipality-10 Thalaha and Siswa to take water from Kusaha School.

Similarly, Saptari administration has informed that drinking water is being distributed from two tankers in Rajgarh Rural Municipality-3, Piprahi Lohan of Rupni Rural Municipality-1 and 2, Vishnapur Rural Municipality-2 Simraha, Agnisair Krishnasavaran Rural Municipality-3 Matigadhi and Rajgarh Rural Municipality-1.

Daily distribution of 5 lakh liters of water in Birgunj

After the water supply stopped in Chapakal for a month, the residents of Birgunj and surrounding areas are still in dire need of drinking water .

In order to reduce the shortage of drinking water, water is being distributed to different areas of the metropolis through tankers in coordination with Madhesh State Government, District Disaster Management Committee, Birganj Metropolitan Municipality Office, Water Supply Institute and Nepali Army.

Water is being distributed 3 times a day by 8 water dispensers provided by the state government and a tanker from the office of Birganj Municipal Corporation.

The district administration has arranged water distribution in different wards at 7 in the morning, 2 in the afternoon and 6 in the evening. Chief District Officer Ganesh Aryal said that up to 5 lakh liters of drinking water is being distributed in this way daily. He said that water was distributed twice in the morning and afternoon in neighboring Bahudarmai Municipality-1 Vishrampur, South Toll. It has rained for a while on Tuesday in some parts of the drought-stricken Parsa .