Once you enter Puliyangudi, Tamil Nadu, the new scent of lemon will welcome you. Lemon is cultivated here on more than 5000 acres. The glossy green and turmeric lemon is known worldwide. You do not know that the lemoner has got a tag. Tenkasi district is a city of West Got and Puliyakudi, where more than 1500 farmers from more than 20 villages are involved in lemon cultivation. Farmers here have informed the government that they need the same facilities for the provision of cold storage facilities in Vietnam.
Merchants take so good
Due to the favorable climate conditions of the tiger, the growing lemon citric acid and aroma are rich. G.I. Without proper marketing, grown -ups and traders earn at a lower price. In fact, only traders get a lot of benefits.
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According to the ETV report, traders usually sell it from manufacturers for Rs. 20 per kg and sell it at a higher price. Farmers say there is no processing unit and there is no factory. The government has to do something about this. According to the manufacturers, they suffer the most. Farmers have been seeking cold storage facilities for many years. It takes seven years to plant the lemon tree fruits. In such a situation, many problems emerge. Sometimes the maintenance of trees is a challenge, and sometimes there is a wild animal attack.
Ton lemon sold daily
The market is open until 11 am, and in such a situation, farmers must face more problems. In the market yard, the lemon business increases rapidly from the farmer and then to the entrepreneur. Buyers from Kerala and Karnataka are more than locals. According to the traders, a great buyer of Kerala production, he prefers fruit than Tamil Nadu. A businessman says he is trading 250 tonnes of lemon daily. But this year’s need has somehow diminished, but the crop is fine.
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Everything was good until the Govid -19, and until then the lemon will be exported to foreign markets. But now the situation is not encouraging. Another businessman said the government in Vietnam provides cold savings for lemon. It helps to export large quantities of fruit abroad. Previously, 10 tonnes of lemon was exported daily to the Maldives. Similarly, we will export 24 tonnes of Dubai every day. But now all of this has stopped.
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There is no transport facility
Due to inadequate rail transport in the area, lemon manufacturers cannot send their products to other states. If farmers want to take lemon to states like Maharashtra, they must first go to the drunelvali, 90 km away from here, and then one must catch the train. Therefore, it is necessary for the government to provide a train connection to the nearby Tenkasi and Senkottai. He said that the farmers of Puliyankudi said they were still stuck when their products were best. Farmers have demanded the support of state and central governments for processing units, savings and better transport.
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