KATHMANDU: National Paddy Day, celebrated annually on the 15th of Asadh in the Nepali calendar, will be observed in Chitwan district tomorrow. On this day, the first batch of paddy is planted, and people enjoy delicacies made from curd, flattened rice, and fruits. The Prime Minister Agriculture Modernization Project Implementation Unit in Chitwan is organizing […]
n the Chitwan district, rice production has decreased by 10 per cent this year. In paddy cultivation covering an area of 26,352 hectares, it yielded a total of 112,190 metric tons of rice.
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CHITWAN: Recent rainfall, attributed to a delayed monsoon, has inflicted damage on rice crops in Chitwan. According to Umaraj Aryal, an officer at the Agriculture Knowledge Centre in Chitwan, the rains during the harvest period have resulted in damage to approximately two percent of the rice crops in the district. In certain areas of eastern […]
Recent rainfall, attributed to a delayed monsoon, has inflicted damage on rice crops in Chitwan. According to Umaraj Aryal, an officer at the Agriculture Knowledge Centre in Chitwan, the rains during the harvest period have resulted in damage to approximately two percent of the rice crops in the district.
Recent rainfall, attributed to a delayed monsoon, has inflicted damage on rice crops in Chitwan. According to Umaraj Aryal, an officer at the Agriculture Knowledge Centre in Chitwan, the rains during the harvest period have resulted in damage to approximately two percent of the rice crops in the district.
CHITWAN: Lightning strike has injured 14 paddy planters at Kalika municipality in Chitwan. The planters who were transplanting rice seedlings in the paddy field of Kamala BK, a local of Kalika-8, Majhuwa, had rushed to local Jantari Praja’s house for protection after rainfall. At the same moment, lightning strike along with windstorm and rainfall hit […]
NAWALPUR, September 28: A female rhinoceros has been found dead on the bank of the Rewakhola stream at Madi area under the Chitwan National Park. The dead body of the animal of around 10 years was spotted at 12 noon on Monday at a spot one and half kilometre to the south-east of the National Park's Dhowa Post, Chief Conservation Officer Ananath Baral said.
He said an iron rod was found stuck in the rhino's body. "We presume that the locals killed the animal with the rod when it was eating the rice in their rice field. We have initiated an investigation in this connection," Baral said.
According to him, the rhino died due to the internal wound it suffered from the piercing of the rod. The rhino might have been attacked on Sunday. "It was alive at the time of trapping. We found it dead in the bush in the noon," he said. The horn and hooves of the rhino are intact.
Eight rhinos have died due to various causes in Fiscal Year 2021/22. There are 694 rhinos in Chitwan National Park as per the national rhino census conducted in 2020.
Ninety-two per cent of rice cultivation has taken place in Chitwan. Out of seven local levels here, ten per cent rice planting is to be done in Bharatpur Metropolis followed by five per cent at the Madi Municipality.