The State Horticulture Mission will extend the National Honey and Mango Festival here to May 14. The decision, which was prompted by the impact of bad weather on sales, should come as a huge relief for farmers who had arrived with truckloads of fruit from across the State and beyond the border. The festival began at the Sooryakanthi grounds on Monday.
Mangoes priced between Rs.45 and Rs.115 a kilogram are available at the festival. Also on sale are mango saplings brought from nurseries under the Horticulture Mission.
This year’s festival has underlined the safety aspect, with food safety officials testing the fruits for carbide or other chemicals.
Legal action will be taken against groups who have brought tainted fruit, officials have warned.
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