Crops worth over a billion damaged by floods in Jhapa

<p><span style="line-height: 1.42857;">The recent floods in various parts of Jhapa district have caused damages to various crops amounting to over Rs 1 billion, according to the District Agriculture Development Office (DADO), Jhapa.</span><br></p><p><br></p><p>The DADO, Jhapa estimates that the flood could destroy crops planted across 7,266 hectare of the total land in the district that is considered as a 'food basket' in the country.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>