Rautahat, Aug. 3 -- At a time when the paddy fields in the Madhesh plains should be lush green, many lie parched. The region is grappling with an acute shortage of rainfall this monsoon, forcing desperate farmers to take matters into their own hands-often to tragic consequences.
In recent weeks, farmers are dying from electrocution while trying to operate electric water pumps to draw groundwater for irrigation. As the monsoon rains fail across southern plains, many farmers in Madhesh province-including Rautahat, Siraha, Dhanusha, Bara, and beyond-have resorted to installing borewells to save their crops.
However, lacking proper knowledge, legal electricity connections and professional support, they are making fatal errors by connecting ...
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