The afternoon temperature has reached 39/40 degrees Celsius due to the lack of rain for many days. Amidst the scorching heat, sowing is being done here in full swing. Somewhere, the beds are being dug out, while elsewhere, rice is being sown. At present, farmers in most areas of Kanchanpur are in a hurry to sow in the fields. 

Sowing has begun in Kanchanpur with the onset of Ashar. Due to the Mahakali Irrigation Project along with other underground irrigation schemes, it has become possible to sow rice even in the absence of rain. ‘Now the sowing has begun in full swing,’ said Naresh Joshi, a farmer from Bhimdatta Municipality, ‘It is very hot in the afternoon, and the rush of sowing has increased even in the midst of the heat.’ 

It is scorching hot due to the lack of rain for a long time. The temperature here has reached 39/40 degrees Celsius even in the first week of Ashar. Farmers are busy in the fields in the midst of the scorching heat. Farmers are busy in the fields from morning to evening. They are busy with everything from removing the beds to tilling and planting rice. 

Rice is cultivated on about 50,000 hectares in Kanchanpur. The productivity of rice here is 4 metric tons per hectare. In areas with irrigation facilities, sowing is done from the last week of Jestha to the first week of Asad. Even in areas without irrigation facilities, sowing can be done by mid-Asad, but this year there may be some delay as the rains have not started by this time.