The facility will initially be obtainable to customers in Patna, Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur.
Muzaffarpur: Connoisseurs of litchi could benefit from the choicest number of the luscious fruit this season with out having to step out of their houses and exposing themselves to the dangers related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ”Shahi Litchi”, a speciality of the north Bihar district of Muzaffarpur which earned the Geographical Indication (GI) tag a few years in the past, stands aside from different varieties by advantage of its distinctive perfume and extra-juicy pulp which supplies approach to a smaller than typical seed.
It is now all set to be delivered to individuals’s doorsteps due to a joint transfer by the Bihar authorities and the postal division.
“From May 25 onwards, people can place orders on state horticulture department website horticulture.bihar.gov.in,” district horticulture officer Arun Kumar mentioned.
The facility will initially be obtainable to customers in Patna, Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur and could also be prolonged to “all districts of Bihar” if the response is beneficial, he mentioned.
“The postal department will ensure free delivery within 24 hours. But only orders of two kg and above will be accepted,” Muzaffarpur postmaster common Ashok Kumar mentioned.
The measure has been hailed by litchi cultivators who had been in a state of despondency because the fruit has a really quick shelf life and transportation has turn out to be a problem in view of the nationwide lockdown.
“Litchis have started ripening but a lower than normal demand had been a problem. The cultivators hope that the online delivery facility will help them bring back their ”ache din” (good days),” remarked Jayapraksh, the CEO of Muraul Farmers Producers Company, with which 750 cultivators of the fruit, 50 of them dealing in ”Shahi Litchi”, are related.
“Farmers can now look forward to earning some decent profit by this new market that may spring up as a result of the online facility.”
“Because of the lockdown, litchi cultivators have been finding it difficult to carry their produce to the markets. Moreover, the markets too are shorn of the usual hustle and bustle because of people staying indoors, resulting in lesser demand,” he mentioned.
The district collector had issued a communication earlier this week ordering that locations recognized as loading factors for litchis or having processing models be allowed to hold out their operations past 6 pm the deadline for many financial actions throughout the state.
The communication famous that the ”Shahi Litchi” is equipped to far-off locations like Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Jaipur, Chennai and Agra and until equipped inside a sure time frame the standard begins deteriorating inflicting the costs to fall.
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