Jung Bahadur Tamang planted potatoes in the second week of August in two rented plantations. In Bethanchok rural municipality-3, sewage and sewage were also done well. He estimated that up to 30 sacks of potatoes will be produced this year. But they could not save the crops from the floods in the second week of October.

He said that he was able to take out a bag of potatoes with difficulty. "It's not like a farm, it's like a field, only a few plants were visible after it was completely buried," he said, "We couldn't even raise the investment." Now how to pay the rent to the landowner? 42-year-old Jang Bahadur had been cultivating vegetables by renting land for 50,000 rupees annually for a year. 

58-year-old Man Bahadur Tamang of Nayagaon, who has been cultivating vegetables for the past 5 years, is under the same stress. After planting 7 sacks of potatoes, 70/80 sacks were produced. The income was one and a half/two lakhs. As the fields were covered with stones brought by the flood, they could hardly get out only 5 sacks of potatoes,” he said.

It is seen that a pile of stones is piled up on the side of Patne river. Landslides with stones and mud from about 300 meters above and floods with mud from Patne river about 7/8 feet above, the cultivated land now looks like a small hill. "The border of the land is not found. How to remove the stones and mud piled up in the cracks and separate them at the border is also a tension," Man Bahadur said. 

Bethan Chowk-3, which is always green with vegetables, has been flooded this year. Vegetables such as potato, cabbage, cauliflower, coriander, radish were growing all over the fields. Seasonal and off-season vegetables were cultivated. Now it is covered with sand. In the second week of August, the local farmer Timalsina had planted 11 sacks of potatoes, 4 packets of coriander and radish in the field. His estimate of earning up to 6 lakh this season has been swept away by the flood.

'From time immemorial, the soil of this place was said to be good, the vegetables were very good, the income was also good,' she said, 'It was easy to earn up to 1 million from vegetables, it was also easy to educate children.'' She said there is. It seems that it will cost millions to repair the land. How to grow crops in such a situation?' she said.

Farmers here, focused on potato cultivation, were farming in two seasons in August and January. Apart from this, radish, cauliflower, coriander, cucumber and other vegetables are also used.

Bethanchok Rural Municipality, which is self-sufficient in agriculture and livestock, was selling 5 to 6,000 kg of vegetables and 22,000 liters of milk daily before last October's flood, according to the agriculture and animal husbandry branch of the municipality. According to the branch, after the second week of October, only about 2,000 kilos of vegetables and 18,000 liters of milk have been exported. 

There are about 4,200 farmer households in the municipality, and 1,926 farmers have been completely affected by the disaster, the branch said. According to the details of the branch, out of the total 3344 hectares of arable land of the municipality, 900 hectares of land has been damaged. Bhagwan Adhikari, chairman of the rural municipality, said that Ward-4, 2 and 3 have suffered a lot of damage.

'Arable land has become barren. We are discussing how to bring agriculture into a rhythm,' he said, 'the village council will address the special village assembly.' worry '8 plantations were planted with rice, potatoes, corn, mustard, and pepper,' she said, 'one grain of rice could not be brought in, potatoes, corn, nothing could be taken out. It has become damaged and cannot be repaired.' 

Self-sufficient in vegetable and milk production, 9 thousand 383 households are dependent on agriculture in Panauti municipality. According to the agriculture branch of the municipality, 3487 farmers of Panauti were affected by the flood. According to the branch, 581 hectares of the municipality's arable land has been damaged by the landslide.