Bagmati. So far, paddy has been sown in only 20.51 percent of the land in Bagmati Province. So far, paddy has been sown only on the same amount of cultivable land in Bagmati Province.

Pramod Prasad Dahal, information officer at the Bagmati State Agriculture Directorate, said that around 80 per cent of the cultivable land in the province is still barren due to lack of timely rainfall this year. Of the total 534,871.60 hectares of land in the state, paddy is sown on 120,610.25 hectares.

Information Officer Dahal said paddy has been sown on only 24,742.78 hectares of land so far. So far, only 65 per cent of the land in Dolakha and Bhaktapur and 5 per cent in Dhading have been sown. Farmers have been planting paddy despite making arrangements for alternative irrigation as there is not enough rainfall since the second week of June.

According to Information Officer Dahal, only 60 per cent paddy has been sown in Kathmandu, 55 per cent in Lalitpur, 28.83 per cent in Rasuwa, 27.8 per cent in Sindhupalchowk, 22 per cent in Ramechhap, 18.21 per cent in Nuwakot, 9.66 per cent in Sindhuli, 8.8 per cent in Chitwan and 7.99 per cent in Makawanpur.

Of the 21,200 hectares of cultivable land in Kathmandu, paddy is sown on 5,926 hectares. Similarly, paddy is sown in 4,163 hectares out of total 15,296 hectares in Lalitpur and 2,699 hectares out of total 8,077 hectares in Bhaktapur.

Similarly, 27,207.25 hectares out of total 48,694 hectares in Chitwan, 41,338 hectares in Makawanpur, 7,067 hectares in Makawanpur, 16,498 hectares out of 32,735 hectares in Nuwakot, 2,781 hectares out of 13,778.6 hectares in Rasuwa and 11,136 hectares out of 48,136 hectares in Dhading. Information Officer Dahal said that farming is taking place.

Similarly, paddy is cultivated in 13,445 hectares out of 62,713 hectares in Sindhuli, 7,859 hectares out of total 50,908 hectares in Ramechhap, 2,814 hectares out of total 56,683 hectares in Dolakha, 10,210 hectares out of total 61,594 hectares in Kavrepalanchowk and 8,782 hectares out of total 73,710 hectares in Sindhupalchowk. According to the Development Directorate.