After a lull, much activity has returned to Asia’s second largest fruit mandi, the Sopore fruit mandi. Sopore fruit mandi receives 90 percent of the production from north Kashmir districts, 50 percent from south Kashmir districts, and around 60 percent of the production from central Kashmir districts.
Trucks loaded with many varieties of fruit are again leaving for multiple destinations across the country. The farmers are optimistic about fetching handsome rates for their fruit varieties when compared to the previous years.
The fruit growers said that almost every day around 100 trucks leave from the Sopore fruit mandi for their next destination. “The number will go up in the coming days,” said one trader. “We are receiving fruit varieties of high-density plants like Gala this time and the rates are good in the mandi.”
“Compared to last year, the rates are about 25 percent higher,” said another trader. “Every morning, dozens of buyers converge at the mandi to purchase fruit as the produce starts arriving on tractors, load carriers, trolleys, and trucks from different parts of Kashmir, especially north Kashmir.”
Source: greaterkashmir.com
