Agricultural Crops Damaged by Natural Disasters in Kavrepalanchok; Relief Sought from Provincial Government

In Kavrepalanchok district, agricultural crops planted on one thousand two hundred ropanis of land have been damaged due to natural disasters. A request has been made to the Bagmati Province Government to provide relief for the losses.

The District Agriculture Development Office, Dhulikhel, has recommended to the Provincial Government to provide relief to 151 farmers whose food grains, vegetable crops, fruits, and vegetable tunnels were damaged due to natural disasters last year and this year.

The office stated that it has recommended relief amounting to NPR 1,441,590 for the damage to food grains on 961 ropanis of land and NPR 780,625 for the damage to vegetable crops on 265 ropanis of land due to natural disasters.

Office Chief Kul Prasad Dawadi stated that the office has recommended to the Provincial Ministry of Agriculture to provide relief to 151 farmers whose agricultural crops were damaged due to natural disasters last year and this year.

He further informed that a request has been made to the Provincial Ministry of Agriculture to provide relief funds amounting to NPR 200,900 for the damage of about three thousand fruit saplings and NPR 15,000 each for the damage of three hundred bamboo tunnels.

The Provincial Government has been providing relief of NPR 1,500 per ropani for farmers whose food grain crops were damaged due to natural disasters, and NPR 2,500 per ropani for farmers whose vegetable crops were damaged.

Furthermore, it has been stated that relief of NPR 50 per square meter will be provided for damage to bamboo tunnels and NPR 50 per plant for damage to fruit saplings. According to the office, the Provincial Government will provide relief only after receiving recommendations from local levels, technical reports, damage assessments, and evaluations from the district-level relief management committee.

The office reported that out of the NPR 7.8 million relief recommended to the Provincial Government for farmers whose agricultural crops were damaged due to floods and landslides last year, NPR 5.3 million in relief funds received has been distributed to the concerned affected farmers.