The ensemble photo of the visitor in Mango Mel in Bengalur, which holds Mango Totapuri. | Photographic credit:
The Chief Secretary of Karnataka Shalini Rajneesh wrote to his counterpart in Andhra Pradesh and asked him to cancel the ban on Totapuri Mango from other states to that state.
With Kolar, the main mango district in Karnataka, sharing the border with Andhra Pradesh, mango farmers are strongly dependent on processing units in Chittoor.
The Andhra Pradesh government decided to impose this ban on the support of Totapuri, because production was more than the capacity of processing units. She also announced a support price of 4 GBP for kg Totapuri manga.
Mrs. Rajneesh spoke to Hinda and said, “I wrote a letter after the farmers’ protest in the Kolar and the Representative Representative.”
In his letter to K. Vijayanad, Chief Secretary Andr Pradesh, she said: “This sudden and unilateral restriction caused considerable need for mango farmers, especially those in the border neighborhoods that cultivate large volumes of Tolapuri manga, and relies on being long -term. The provisions that the market is on the market, loading on the basis of Totapied.
She added: “In addition to the economic problems of farmers, such a step undermines the spirit of cooperative federalism and the risks of launching retaliation.
However, farmers from Mango of the Kolar district said that with highly reduced quality and the amount of mango yield this year, takeover to processing centers will not change in any way.
“We sell Totapuri for 4 GBP per kg (4,000 GBP per ton), while we are incurred at 10 £ 12 kg for growth. Although we will be allowed to take it to Andhra Pradesh, we will not get any better price,” said Chinnappa Reddy, President of the Kolar District Association.
Kolar farmers, especially Srinivasapur Taluk, have been demanding mango for many years. “It was our long -term demand, because the lack of the unit made us too dependent on those in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The government after the government could not set it,” Mr. Reddy said.
Farmers in Srinivasapur watched Bandh at the Taluk level on Wednesday and demanded a support price for mangoes. According to farmers, due to the whims and weather diseases, mango yields have declined to less than 30%.
Published – June 11, 2025 21:47
