Accumulated hailstorm in Pokhara, on Monday, April 29, 2019. Photo: Rishi Ram Baral/THT
POKHARA: A half-hour hailstorm rampage has damaged the crops, worth millions of rupees, planted by farmers in Pokhara Metropolitan City, on Monday.
Besides that, hailstorm, some weighing 200 kilograms, destroyed vehicles windshields during half-hour downpour in the Lake City today.
The downpour inflicted heavy damage to crops in Kaskikot, Dhikurpokhari, Bhadauri, Sarangkot, Pumdibhumdi, Hemja, Malepatan, Masbar, Pasang, Charepatan, Kristi, Lamachaur, Dhumpus, Dhital and among others in the district.
According to Manohar Kadariya, Chief of Agriculture Department in Pokhara Metropolitan City, hailstorm destroyed both seasonal and off-season crops and fruits in the region today.
from The Himalayan Times http://bit.ly/2V1it4C
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