Some people who are not boring are planting by buying water. Even the planted paddy has started to dry due to drought.
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68-year-old Jogindra Sah of Rautahat Fatuwawijaipur-1 Sheetalpur has installed a pumpset (boring) this year after suffering from drought for a long time. He said that two bigha fields were planted on top of that and water was also given to neighbors for planting.
Earlier, planting could be done in the first week of June. This time, it didn't rain at all," he said, "I spent 50,000 and installed a borehole." The seedlings are turning green in Sah's field.
Some people who are not boring are planting even by buying water. Even the planted rice has started to dry due to drought. Surendra Prasad Kurmi, head of Krishi Gyan Kendra, informed that till now more than 60 percent of the fields have been planted in Rautahat from the Boring and Bagmati irrigation projects. Now some planting is being done with the help of boring. But water from the sky is needed. Otherwise, the harvest will be very low," he said.
According to Krishi Gyan Kendra, out of the 18 municipalities of the district, the farmers of Fatuwavijaypur, Ishanath, Paroha, Boudhimai, Rajpur, Moulapur municipalities have been cultivating under sky water. In other municipalities, planting has been done with Bagmati irrigation, Lalbakaiya water. Most of the farmers' fields in Moulapur, Ishanath Municipality are barren. "I have left 10 paddy fields just like that," Rampravesh Yadav of Banjraha in Ishanath said, "There is no way to water the fields." Now we will plant when it rains, otherwise I will leave it like this.
Krishi Gyan Kendra has called for information to install borings for underground irrigation in 10 municipalities of the district. Farmers who are waiting for rain are worried when the seeds start drying up. According to Krishi Gyan Kendra, there are 38,500 hectares of arable land in Rautahat. Chief Kurmi informed that 4.2 metric tons of rice will be produced per hectare if planted on time.
