Nepal must pursue inundation issues with India year round, observers say

It is only during flooding in monsoon that authorities take up this perennial problem and even then the southern neighbour continues to ignore concerns.

Lalji Yadav from Bhagwanpur in Yashodhara Rural Municipality, Kapilvastu completed paddy plantation on his nine bighas of land spending Rs7,000 per bigha (equivalent to 0.675 hectares) on farm workers on Monday. It took three days for seven labourers to complete the plantation.