Bihar: Jardalu mangoes to be sent to VVIPs today

BHAGALPUR: The state government has directed the district administration and the agriculture department to make gift packs of juicy ‘Jardalu mangoes’ for delivering it to the VVIPs in the country.
This year, the decision was delayed due to lockdown, lack of transportation and shortage of manpower besides hassles of plucking the mangoes and packing them. According to agriculture department sources, 1500 gift packs of Jardalu mangoes will be sent to Delhi as gifts to country’s VVIPs and across the states besides 500 gift packs to the state capital for VIPs of the state.Each packet, containing 20 pieces of choicest mangoes, will be dispatched on June 8 by Bramhaputra Mail.
It may be worth mentioning here that since 2007, the unique variety of Jardalu mangoes, which got the prestigious GI tag in 2018 due to its exceptional quality, is selected from the Madhuban Farm at Maheshi-Tilakpur village under Sultanganj block of Ashok Choudhary by the state government and sent in box packs to dignitaries including Prime Minister, President, vice-president, Lok Sabha speaker, chief ministers across the states among others.
District agriculture officer Krishna Kant Jha said, “This time, we are procuring Jardalu mangoes from the orchards at Kahalgaon, Pirpainty and other parts of the district.”