Showing posts with label Monsoon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monsoon. Show all posts

Thursday, August 13, 2015

खेत बाँझै



सिरहामा ७६ प्रतिशत खेत बाँझै
पानी नपरेका कारण धान रोप्ने सिजन सकिनै लाग्दा सिरहामा २४ प्रतिशतमात्र रोपाइँ भएको छ। ...... असारको १५ मा आँप, च्युरा र दही खाएर हिलोमा छुपुछुपु धान रोपाइँ गर्ने बेलामा वर्षा भएन। यति बेला साउनको तेस्रो साता चल्दैछ र पनि बलेसी दर्किने गरी अझै वर्षा भएको छैन। ...... सिरहामा ८० प्रतिशत उन्नत जातको धान रोपिन्छ। यस्तो धानको ब्याड राखेको ३० दिनभित्र रोपिसक्नुपर्छ नभए बीउ काम लाग्दैन। पानी नपरेका कारण अधिकांश बीउ हुर्केर खेर जाने अवस्थामा पुगेको छ। ...... किसानले बीउ काटेर चौपायालाई खुवाउन थालेका छन्। रोपाइँ गरिसकिएको खेतमा पनि बोट खडेरीले सुकेको छ। हिलाम्मे हुनुपर्ने खेत सुक्खाका कारण चिरिएको छ। ....... खानेपानीका ट्युबवेल तथा इनार सुक्न थालेका छन्। लगातारको अत्यधिक गर्मीका कारण जिल्लामा ज्वरोको प्रकोप फैलिएको छ।

अधिकांश घरमा केटाकेटी बिरामी छन्।

......... जलवायु परिवर्तनले अर्को असर पनि देखाएको छ। अधिकांश जमिनमा हाइब्रिड बीउ प्रयोग गरी धान खेती गरिन्छ। हाइब्रिड बीउ मौसमअनुसार फल्ने र फस्टाउने गरी बीउ उत्पादन गर्ने कम्पनीले तयार पारेका हुन्छन्। ...... जलवायु परिवर्तनले मौसममा पारेको असरका कारण बीउ नउम्रिने, बोट मर्ने तथा फल नलाग्नेजस्ता समस्या देखिएका छन्। जीवन भरको अनुभवविपरीत घटना देखिन थालेको किसानको भनाइ छ। ..... भोकमरीको सामना गर्नुको विकल्प छैन। सिरहामा बर्सेनि दुई लाख ६ हजार पाँच सय मेट्रिक टन धान उत्पादन हुनुपर्नेमा यस वर्ष उत्पादन निकै घट्ने स्थिति छ।
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Speechless

The last one - and I experienced it - was in the Nepali year 2045. Before that the big one in 1934 AD. But this earthquake's devastation has left me speechless. This is not only the biggest disaster to hit Nepal in my lifetime, it is the biggest disaster to have hit Nepal in the lifetime of the country. When the death toll crossed 4,000, I said it will easily cross 10,000. That probably means 50,000 injured. Damage to property is past $20 billion, the country's GDP. How do you wrap your head around something like that?

The last time Nepal hit the world headlines was in April 2006 when one third of the country came out into the streets for democracy. Before that Nepal hit the world headlines was when the Crown Prince mowed down his family Columbine style.

But this is different. The scales don't even begin to compare. In many ways the tragedy has not even begun. It will keep happening for months well into the monsoon season. This was a tsunami for a landlocked nation.

Social media brings many details right on to your screen. When you share news on Facebook multiple times a day, you don't know what to make of it. Maybe someone somewhere in your circle will read and donate to the relief effort?

I am one small human being.

Rebuilding will take years. The final death toll will take weeks to come in. Those rendered homeless might not get a home anytime soon. How will they cope through the rainy season? Tens of thousands are in immediate need of food and water. Devastated remote hills were out of touch for days. Rescue efforts might never reach many of them.

This is a tragedy whose magnitude is beyond comprehension. This is a tragedy that will play out for weeks, months, years.

The 2008 Great Recession shook America to the core. This earthquake has shaken Nepal to its foundations, only we are not taking jobs, we are talking lives.