Our Correspondent :
In Ishwardi, known as the capital of Bombay litchi, litchi is falling from the trees due to rot and insects. The effects of climate change, after severe drought, this time in the rain, the plants began to grow with the rotting of the insects. In this condition, litchi has started falling from the trees at an unusual rate. There are no buyers in the market to buy fallen litchi. Farmers were seen sitting with fallen litchis at Shimurtala litchi market in Ishwardi’s Joynagar on Friday morning.
Talking to the litchi growers and the agriculture office, it is learned that due to the impact of climate change, the yield of litchi in Ishwardi has been disrupted this time. Only 30-40% of Bombay litchi has buds. In the meanwhile a great commotion began. Before the cyclone’s effect, the temperature here has risen to 37-39 degrees Celsius.
Shahmat Mandal, a litchi farmer in Munnar’s Mor area, said that the litchi seeds started to take on color in the litchi before it was pounded and grown. This time the grains of Mozaffar litchi are bigger and sweeter to eat than Bombay litchi.
