Two years ago, Sohan Singh, a poor farmer with just 2.5 acres at Rurka Kalan village, used to irrigate his fields by paying for borewell water of his neighbour. Today, a 2-km-long pipeline supplies ...
At present only 400 thousand ha area i.e. 15 per cent is irrigated a year round in Nepal. Irregular rainfall pattern is affecting farmers day by day. It is essential to guarantee irrigation facilities ...