Farmers in Bajura busy to bring paddy despite Dashain celebrations

लगानी न्यूज

२९ आश्विन २०८३, बिहीबार ०७:३०October 15, 2026

Bajura. With the beginning of Dashain, the hustle and bustle of various markets and villages including the district headquarters of Bajura has increased. The hustle and bustle has increased after the people who had left for various works started returning to the villages and coming to the market to buy the necessary items for Dashain.

Business activities have increased especially in various markets of the district headquarters Martadi, Kolti, Bamka, Piluchaur, Betalmandau and Dhulachaur. Maniram Padhyay, a trader of Bamka Bazaar, said that with the beginning of the festival, the number of people buying foodstuffs, clothes and other items for Dashain has increased in the market.TAG_OPEN_div_33

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At a time when the festive season is increasing in the villages, the farmers here are unable to bring the yellow paddy crop in the fields. The farmers, who were facing problems due to rain till a few days ago, are busy harvesting and harvesting paddy with the improvement in the weather.

Sarita Thapa, a farmer of Badimalika Municipality-8, said that farmers have started harvesting, drying and storing paddy safely at home now that the weather has cleared.TAG_OPEN_div_27

} With the beginning of the festival, the initiative has increased in the village. Those who had gone out of their homes for various works have started returning. Lal Bahadur Aidi, a farmer, said that the farmers here are afraid of rain again and are in a hurry to bring the paddy crop on time. “If there was no rain last week, we could have brought paddy by now,” he said, “We have been delayed for about a week due to bad weather, now we are busy in the fields from morning to evening due to the fear of rain again.” ”

TAG_OPEN_div_23Ganesh Budha, a local of Khaptad Chhededaha-7, said that this year, there was rain during the paddy harvesting season and Dashain is also the same, so the pace of work in the fields is more than the festival. According to him, this year’s festival will not be as leisurely as the millet crop has started ripening again after the paddy harvest.

According to Agriculture Knowledge Center Bajura, paddy production is expected to increase this year compared to the previous years. Harish Bahadur Bista, chief of Agriculture Knowledge Center, said that the production is expected to increase by 0.5 percent due to expansion of irrigation facilities and timely rainfall during paddy plantation.TAG_OPEN_div_21

According to him, paddy has been planted on 4,841 hectares of land. Similarly, paddy has been cultivated on 2,074 hectares of land. In the fiscal year 2082÷83, 13,455 metric tons of rice was produced here.TAG_OPEN_div_19