Rattnanagar Municipality Begins Grape Cultivation Trial

Chitwan. Eastern Chitwan's Rattnanagar Municipality has started a trial of grape cultivation. A trial of Sonaka Green and Sonaka Black varieties of grapes has been started in Sisahi, Ward No. 9 of Rattnanagar Municipality.

According to Pravin Lama, head of the municipality's agriculture branch, the municipality has planted four hundred grape saplings as a trial. He stated that the municipality planted the saplings under its own supervision. He informed that the trial of these two varieties, which are grown in warm climates, has been started. The trial has been started by bringing saplings from India. He said, "If the trial is successful, the municipality has a plan to encourage farmers to cultivate grapes."