Local Fruit: Up to Rs 500 Watermelon ...
10 years, 6 months ago - October 22, 2013
The price of local fruits take the elevator. They go up to Rs 500 for a watermelon and a pineapple Rs 30 ... The culprits: climate and bats.
"His lane wins the inn zis 50% harvest watermelon. Climate pa ti bon "confieSwandutt Ramchurn, unplanteur installed in the area of Beau Vallon. Result: the first crops are ready and watermelon sells for Rs 50 - Rs 60 per kg. So that the price of a watermelon can go up to Rs 500.
Mangoes, too, have suffered the vagaries of climate, says Satish Ramphul planter of his condition. "We have not had enough rain, so that the crops are not satisfactory." He added that the devastation caused by the bats did not help matters.
Thus, the price of mangoes, rarer, is around Rs 20 per unit. "Preske always mo litchi seed inn," laments, for its part, Nizam Allybicus, planter Campde-mask-pad. He blames the winter that lasts "too long," he said.
