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Koshi destroyed Rs 300m in crops [1]

The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC) said on Tuesday that the devastating flood caused by the Saptakoshi River breaching its embankment damaged crops worth Rs 300 million in Sunsari district.
A week-long field assessment conducted by an M0AC team shows that paddy cultivation suffered the biggest loss of Rs 180 million in the district, which is one of the leading paddy producers in the country.
The total area under paddy cultivation in Sunsari has been recorded at 50,920 hectares this year.

Publication Date: 
27/08/2008
Kathmandu Post (Nepal) [2]
Tags:
Croplands [3], Kosi [4], Natural Disasters [5], Floods [6], Nepal [7]
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