Out of the total cultivable area of Madhesh province of 542 thousand 580 hectares, only 5 lakh 2 thousand 224 hectares are cultivated. Barkhe paddy is cultivated in 3 lakh 62 thousand 344 hectares and chaite paddy in 20 thousand 839 hectares. However, due to lack of rain in Madhesh, many farmers could not plant chaite paddy.

Barkhe paddy planting is only 51 percent. There has been a lot of delay in planting. The plan is to speed up the irrigation facilities so that the planting can be done in the month of July," said Saroj Chaudhary, spokesperson of the Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives of Madhesh Province.

According to the ministry, the production of Barkhe paddy in Madhesh province is 1 lakh 270 metric tons and the productivity is 4.81 metric tons per hectare. Chaite rice production is 12 lakh 37 thousand 41.9 metric tons and productivity is 3.41 percent metric tons per hectare. 

In Madhesh province, only 49 percent of the total arable land has been irrigated. The main sources of irrigation in Madhesh are rivers, ponds, dams, canals, shallow tubewells and deep borings. However, due to lack of rain for a long time, all these irrigation systems have become useless. Spokesperson of the Ministry of Agriculture Chaudhary said, "Even if there is no rain, we are ready to plant through alternative irrigation." Narc is also discussing about what kind of crops are suitable to be planted in Madhesh in case of drought.' This project was launched 32 years ago. Information Officer of Bagmati Irrigation Project Rajan Shrestha informed that 22,600 hectares of Sarlahi and 23,000 hectares of Rautahat are being irrigated by this project. But he said that irrigation facilities cannot be easily provided everywhere as the water in Bagmati is less during the dry season.