Nepal, Aug. 4 -- It is a heartbreaking monsoon in the Madhesh province. Due to a prolonged drought spell, desperation drove farmers to take risks that have proved deadly to many of them. A report suggests that at least 29 farmers died across Madhesh in a year while using illegal electricity to water their parched paddy fields. In the last few weeks, several lives have been lost in Rautahat, Dhanush and Siraha as farmers tried to irrigate their drought-hit fields using electric pumps. In July, three farmers died within a single week in Rautahat. Two men succumbed to electric shock after coming into contact with exposed wires. Forty-year-old Rambabu Mukhiya died during treatment in Gaur, and Moktar Dewan, 52, died at Grande Hospital. A few ...