Gandaki. The paddy in the field was turning yellow by swinging. The farmers were in a hurry to bring paddy before Dashain. However, a few days ago, the flood in the Daram river not only took away the paddy crop but also washed away the field.
The farmers of Galkot Municipality-9 of Baglung are forced to bear the brunt of nature at this time. The farmers are deeply worried as the lush paddy fields have turned into barren lands. Purushottam Gautam of Phaparkhet said that his 18 muri paddy fields in Zhetung have been washed away by the floods.
} “The flood has swept away all the fields without a trace, the fields earned by my ancestors have collapsed, my heart is heavy,” he said, “The produce of the fields used to sustain the family, this time nature has deceived us, who will listen to our voice?”
TAG_OPEN_div_38 Tekraj Sharma, a resident of Timurbot, has a similar plight. The flood has destroyed four ropanis of his field where he used to grow 12 muri of paddy. “The flood also swept away all the fields that were planted when the paddy was harvested,” he said. He said that many neighbors like him have been affected by the floods.
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