BDRunner online: Lalmai Pahar in the district. There is now the smell of jackfruit. On entering the mountain area, the sweet scent of jackfruit comes to the nose. The festival of jackfruit will be seen. Jackfruit is being cut from the tree. It is brought and collected on the side of the road. From there jackfruits are going to different markets in pickup vans. Apart from this, there are jackfruit markets in different markets on the side of the hill. Chandimura, Ratanpur, Lalmai and Vijaypur markets are now bustling with jackfruit buyers and sellers.
According to sources, Lalmai Pahar is located in Comilla Sadar South, Sadar, Barura and Burichong upazilas. But most of the capital fell in the south. More jackfruit is produced in various areas including Salmanpur, Jammura, Hatigara, Vijaypur, Ratanpur, Rajar Khola, Chowdhury Khola.
Going to the hill, it can be seen that a road is entering the Lalmai hill from the side of the university. First Salmanpur. Here at the road junction the wholesaler who bought the garden is waiting with jackfruit. Wholesaler Mizanur Rahman is waiting for wholesale buyers of jackfruit. If you go a little left along the hill, Jammura area. Jackfruit festival is held here in several parts on the slopes of the hill. Someone is cutting jackfruit from the garden. Someone is fooling the wholesaler. Picker is jacking the car. Garden owners are happy to sell jackfruit for cash. There is a rush of buyers and sellers. Such cries can be heard in the whole mountain.
Amir Hossain, the garden owner of Jammura area, told Basas that there are several types of buyers and sellers. Jackfruit gardens are planted here on the hills and slopes by private initiative. After the fruit comes, the wholesaler buys the jackfruit garden. They again sell the fruit to another wholesaler after ripening. Jackfruit comes to the market through several hands. He has 25/30 trees. He is cutting the jackfruit and selling it directly to the wholesaler. Large variety of jackfruit sold at Tk 100/120 each. Rustom Hossain, a wholesaler who bought orchards in that area, told Bass that he had been buying jackfruit orchards for 10 years. This time he bought 250 tree plantations. There are 2,600 jackals here. He sold the medium size at Tk 65 and the small at Tk 25. So this time the profit will be less. He bought a garden for 75 thousand rupees. Already sold jackfruit worth 60 thousand rupees. Hoping to be able to sell jackfruit worth a total of one and a half lakh taka. Jackal retailer Zakir Hossain’s house is in Devidwar, Comilla. He lives in Dharmapur of Comilla city. He bought 100 jackfruits from Jammura for 9 thousand taka. He hopes to have a profit of 2000 rupees after selling this jackfruit.
Ayub Mahmood Baske, Deputy Director of Agriculture Extension Department, Comilla, said that jackfruit is grown on 335 hectares of land in the district. Among them, jackfruit is grown on 135 hectares of land in Lalmai Pahar area. 2 thousand 800 metric tons of jackfruit are produced in the hills. The jackfruit of this hill is unique in taste. So its demand is high. Thousands of people who are involved in the cultivation and sale of jackfruits get an additional income opportunity at this time.
16 July 2024
