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The Butwal- Narayangadh road section has been completely obstructed due to floods in the river in Dumkibas area of Nawalpur (Bardghat Susta East).

After the flood, traffic has been affected on the diversion operated for cargo vehicles and also on the alternative road used for small and passenger vehicles at Binayi Khola in Binayi Triveni Rural Municipality-1, said Superintendent of Police Yadav Dhakal at the District Police Office Nawalparasi (Bardghat Susta East).

“Currently, the traffic has been halted at the diversion and along the alternative route for this road section via Hongsi Gate and Jyamire,” he said.

According to him, the water level in the Kharange rivulet in Binayi Triveni-3 has increased due to the rain, which has completely blocked the alternative route.

A paddy transplantation ceremony was organized at the President House, Shital Niwas to commemorate the National Paddy Day today. 

President Ram Chandra Paudel and First Lady Sabita Paudel also participated in the transplanting of paddy seedlings.

Inaugurating the rice planting on the occasion, the Head of the State spoke on the need of modernizing and commercializing the country's agriculture.

He said that he participated symbolically in the plantation to promote a culture of respect for all kinds of labor, including agriculture, and to encourage rice production.

The President emphasized that farmers, who are engaged in agriculture and are striving to introduce it as a pillar of employment, should be honoured as food producers.

Three persons, including father and daughter died, and two others sustained critical injuries following a head-on collision between two motorcycles at Ramdhuni Municipality-7, Sunsari along the Chatara-Kanchhi Chowk road section. 

The accident occurred when the motorcycle (Ko 33 Pa 9605) en route to Kalabanzar from Chatra-Kanchhi Chowk collided with another motorcycle (Prades 1-02-056 Pa 5864) coming from the opposite direction.

The deceased have been identified as 34-year-old Inarchan Chaudhary, his nine-year-old son Pranish, and another motorcycle rider, 51-year-old Bindhu Yadav. 

Critically injured in the incident, they were rushed to the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), where they died during the course of treatment, police said.

Inarchan Chaudhary's 32-year-old wife Pratisha and 36-year-old Ramesh Chaudhary of Itahari-7 were injured in the accident. 

They are undergoing treatment at the Dharan-based BPKIHS.

The National Paddy Day is being marked today across the country.

The government in 2061 BS had decided to mark Ashad 15 of the Nepali calendar every year as National Paddy Day and Paddy Cultivation Festival. 

Rice plantation, eating delicacies like curd and beaten rice and participating in the traditional cultural programs like singing, throwing mud at each other and merriment are the major attractions of the day.

Paddy is the major crop not only in Nepal but in entire South Asia.