Cold affects normal life in middle-east Tarai

Kathmandu - An excessive cold weather has affected daily life in several districts in the middle-east Tarai for the past few days. Dense fog has made the weather severely cold, with having no or little sunshine in the area. There is no sunshine in Mahottari since January 11 with thick fog occurring most of the time. The cold wind and frost that has been occurring continuously has exacerbated the cold weather, forcing the people to stay indoors.

"The vegetable in the field has wilted away due to cold. The tomatoes are decaying in the plant itself. Beans, peas and legumes have also withered," said Mahendra Singh Kushwaha, a vegetable farmer at Pashupatinagar, Bardibas Municipality-9 in the district. Like Kushwaha, many vegetable farmers in the area are worried at the loss of vegetable due to the intense cold weather. The cold snap has not only affected the vegetable crops, it has also taken a toll on livestock, specially the milch cows and buffaloes.