- Wednesday, 29 April 2026
Pokhara, April 29: The storm coupled with rainfall has damaged winter crops in the Pokhara Valley and vicinity. Creeper vegetables and corn were damaged by the storm and rainfall occurred for some days.
Two weeks back, the hailstone taken place during evenings perished cucumber and watermelon, while the storm occurred recently damaged maize farming.
Some farmers also lost livestock due to lightning. Owner of Tikhedhunga Livestock and Agriculture Farm, Ramesh Acharya, informed that lightning struck a buffalo to death on Tuesday. He had begun livestock farming but was dismayed with the natural disaster befell him lately.
He demanded the government that it paid heed to the problems facing the farmers like him. —- Nepal
