Hailstone that battered the seven Village Development Committees (VDCs) of Mugu district on October 25 destroyed crop worth over Rs 130 million, the District Agriculture Development Office (DADO) said.

This statistics related to the crop loss in the district was presented by the DADO in the meeting of the District Natural Disaster Rescue and Relief Committee on Monday.

The DADO´s preliminary estimate put the crop loss at Rs 130 million and 565 thousand in Shreenagar, Kakrkibada, Seri, Shreekot, Gamtha, Khamale and Kotdanda VDCs.The hailstone destroyed the paddy and other crops that were ready for harvest.

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