The incessant rainfall since Sunday destroyed the harvest-ready paddy crops in several districts across the country.
As the paddy contributes largest chunk in the agriculture gross domestic production (AGDP), the damage is also going to hit the economic growth, apart from the food shortage looming large due to unseasonal rainfall. It was predicted to have a good paddy harvest this season due to adequate monsoon rainfall but the recent rains is going to hit rice output.
Some farmers have just recently cut the paddy crops and was planning to thresh them before the rainfall damaged the crops, while others were planning to harvest, and the crops are submerged in rainwaters, damaging the crops.
Districts in Sudurpaschim, Lumbini, Karnali and Gandaki provinces are hit hard by the unseasonal rainfall. The rainfall also damaged paddy crops in Baitadi, Kapilvastu, Banke, Bardiya, Rupandehi, Dang, Jumla, Surkhet, Kaski, Nawalparasi (East), Syangja, Parbat and Tanahun, whereas many districts in province 2 also have been flooded, displacing the locals.
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