Mango season this year may be shorter than usual

MIRPURKHAS: Mango, the king of fruits, has started arriving in the market.  This time round exporters have been taking keen interest in local variety of mangoes which has escalated its price.

Mirpurkhas, called the city of mangoes, produces over one hundred different varieties of mango.  Exporters have shown keen interest in Sindhri and Chaunsa varieties so much so that they had made contracts with orchards' owners months before the season started. 

Muhammad Umer Bughio, a farmer, told The News that due to some climatic reasons and water shortage, the production of Sindhri was around five percent less than last year.  However, he seemed happy over the volume of purchasing by the exporters.  "This time we see more mango exporters in Mirpurkhas which is a good sign for the future of mango and growers as well," he said. 

According to some experts, the mango season normally lasts till the end of June, but this time round, due to exporters’ extraordinary interest, the season may hardly run up to the second week of June.