Rain Damages Marigold Flower Crops in Chitwan

Chitwan. Flower crops planted in the district have been damaged due to rain from November 11 to 14. Flowers that had already bloomed were damaged by the water.

Deepak Pakhrin of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-26 said that 70 percent of the flowers he cultivated have been damaged. He stated that before he could send them to the market, the rain caused the flower stems to break, and the flowers, when picked and sent, turned black. He cultivated marigold flowers in two bighas of land. He mentioned that cultivating flowers in one bigha of land costs more than Rs 150,000. He said, “The plan was to pick flowers from today or tomorrow, make garlands, and store them, but it was not possible due to the rain.” Although they were supposed to be picked and sent to the market after Dashain, they were not sent due to a lack of demand.