TIKAPUR, June 12: Strong winds damaged houses as well as banana plantation farms on Saturday evening in Kailali. Two houses in Tikapur were completely damaged after the storm uprooted a tree.
A three-room house of Bharat BK of Tikapur-1 Bishalnagar was damaged due to the strong winds. Similarly, a two-room mud house and kitchen of Bhalluram Chaudhary of Tikapur-4 were damaged by falling trees.
Due to the strong winds, the roofs of dozens of houses have been blown off including schools while electricity poles have collapsed in some places.
Getting fall-ready
Likewise, banana plantation was also damaged in the district due to the strong winds. Farmers have complained that hundreds of bighas of banana farms have been destroyed in the Tikapur area alone due to the strong winds.
Banana farmer Tekendra Dhami of Tikapur lost 10 bighas of his banana plantation to strong winds. Tikapur is considered fertile land for banana farming. Bananas have been planted in hundreds of bighas of land here.
In addition, farmers have complained that the storm also damaged vegetable farms. "All the vegetable crops have been destroyed. The vegetables such as beans, cucumbers, squash and bitter gourds have been damaged,” said farmer Japindra Chaudhary.
Tikapur Deputy Mayor Khadga Bahadur Shah said that the municipality would bring relief programs to the distressed farmers by collecting the details of the damage caused by the strong winds.
(RSS)
