Farmer distributes 4 tons mangoes free in protest against traders quoting low prices
1 year, 7 months ago

Farmer distributes 4 tons mangoes free in protest against traders quoting low prices

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: A mango farmer at Nuziveedu in Eluru district has held a novel protest to highlight the grievances of the farmers amid an allegation that local merchants have formed into a cartel and keeping the prices of mangoes down. “The local traders are buying mangoes from us at cheap rates and then selling the produce to upcountry merchants at much higher prices,” they alleged. He distributed four tonnes of mangoes to the people free of cost by taking his tractor out from the Nuzvid sub-collector office to China Gandhi Bomma Centre on Sunday. He pleaded that the government take steps to purchase the mangoes for a price of at least Rs 12,000 per tonne.

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