RAUTAHAT: The paddy production decreased in Rautahat district this year compared to last year.

Acting Chief of District Agriculture Knowledge Centre Surendra Prasad Kurmi said that paddy production witnessed a decline of 21,578 metric tonnes in the district this year.

The incessant rainfall occurred during the harvesting season in the first week of the last October resulted in reduced paddy production.

Acting Chief of Office Kurmi shared that the district produced 95,130 metric tonnes of paddy this year, while the paddy production was 116,708 metric tonnes last year.

According to Kurmi, paddy farming was done in 31,500 hectares of land in the district and the production was 3.02 metric tonnes per hectare.

The flooding occurred in Bakaiya and Bagmati rivers had caused damage to the paddy farms, which was almost ready for harvesting in more than 17,600 hectares.

The paddy farmers in Rajdevi, Paroha, Rajpur, Madhav Narayan, Gadhimai, Ishnath, Maulapur and Durga Bhagawati areas suffered due to the rainfall and flood occurred in the first week of October.