Bengal to export mangoes to Dubai
Kolkata, June 9: West Bengal has produced around nine lakh tonnes of mangoes this year and is also set to export them to Dubai and Hong Kong, said a senior minister on Saturday.
The produce comes despite the inclement weather and the fruit's consumption remains unaffected by the scare of the Nipah virus.
"This year's mango production in West Bengal was almost around nine lakh tonnes, despite the fact that some mangoes were destroyed due to the rains. One can say the production was good this year," said Abdur Razzak Molla, Minister-in-charge of Food Processing Industries and Horticulture, West Bengal.
The Nipah virus had spread panic across the country and badly affected the mango trade in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.
"The mango producers or say the mango lovers in our state are not really affected by the scare of Nipah virus. They are consuming the fruit with same eagerness," said Molla.
Mollah said the state government is exploring the export possibilities of the fruit to the Middle East, Europe and South East Asian countries.
"This year, the mango producers have made export connections with Hong-Kong. Under the government's initiative, mangoes will be exported to Dubai in bulk," he revealed.
According to Mollah, if the quality is good then bulks of export are expected after Eid.
Molla's department along with the Indian Chamber of Commerce has organised a three-day long Bengal Mango Utsav 2018 that began on Friday.
Special varieties of mangoes from Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, Malda and other places will be available at the Utsav. The public can enjoy the fruit and other products from here.
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Bundles of currency notes recovered from heap of cow dung in Odisha
Balasore (Odisha) (PTI): In a raid by police teams from Hyderabad and Odisha, a huge amount of cash was recovered from a heap of cow dung at a village in Balasore district, an officer said on Saturday.
The recovery was made at Badamandaruni village under the Kamarda police station limits, he said.
A team of police officials from Hyderabad and Odisha reached the village and raided the house of the in-laws of accused Gopal Behera.
Gopal, who is absconding at present, worked in an agro-based company in Hyderabad and he had allegedly stolen more than Rs 20 lakhs from the company locker.
He allegedly sent the money to the village through his brother-in-law Rabindra Behera.
Acting on a complaint, a team of Hyderabad Police with Kamarda police raided Rabindra’s house and recovered a huge amount of money concealed in a heap of cow dung.
Kamarda police station IIC Premada Nayak said both Gopal and his brother-in-law Rabindra are absconding.
Still, one of their family members from the village has been detained, and an investigation is underway, the officer added.
