Kathmandu, Nepal :  At least 101 people have been killed in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in different parts of the country. According to the Nepal Police, 60 people were killed in the landslide in province-1, one in Bagmati, seven in Karnali, 31 in the Sudurpaschim and two in Lumbini.

Likewise, 19 people have been injured in province-1, four in Karnali and 17 in the Sudurpaschim. The injured are being treated at local medical facilities. A total of 41 people have gone missing in the floods, including 13 in Province-1, one in Province-2, three in Lumbini, one in Karnali and 23 in Far-Western Province. A search for the missing is underway, said Senior Superintendent of Police Basant Bahadur Kunwar.

A total of 2,232 houses have been inundated due to the floods. The floods and landslides damaged 49 houses, eight cowsheds, six bridges and three government offices. So far, 139 livestock have perished. During that period, 1,177 families have been displaced by the disaster.

Meanwhile, police personnel are working to evacuate the people at risk of floods and landslides in different districts to safe place and recovering properties with the coordination and cooperation of various agencies and locals. Work is also underway to remove roadblocks at various places, Nepal Police said.

Rains inflict 30 percent loss to paddy crops output in Chitwan

Incessant rains have inflicted 30 percent loss to the expected paddy crops output in Chitwan.

The rainfall with wind storm caused damages to harvest-ready paddy plantation. Only 20 percent of the paddy planted was harvested in the district before the unseasonal rains ruined the crops.

Remaining 80 percent of the paddy was in the field. Some portions of ripe paddy were freshly cut and dispersed in the field for dryness while some are yet to be cut. The rains have ruined all the crops.

According to Planning Officer of Agriculture Knowledge Center Bharatpur Umaraj Aryal, almost 50 percent of the paddy planted in east Chitwan, including Madi was already harvested. Only 10 percent paddy cultivated in Bharatpur metropolis was harvested according to the preliminary assessment.

Out of the ripe paddy to be harvested in Bharatpur metropolis, 70 percent was in standing condition and around 20 percent were freshly cut. Rains have presumably caused damages to over 50 percent portion of the harvest-ready paddy in Bharatpur.

Likewise, around 30 percent of the paddy planted in east Chitwan and Madi were cut and 20 percent of the paddy planted was yet to be cut. The incessant rain had submerged the ready-to-harvest paddy here.

This year Chitwan district alone saw the plantation of paddy in 27,305 hectares of land. Last year paddy was cultivated in 27,305 hectares and total output was 103,416 metric tons.

If previous data is something to go by, the paddy production per hectare was 3.8 metric tons.