Online Desk: Harvesting of the current season’s mango is going to start from tomorrow everywhere in Rajshahi to ensure natural ripening of the beloved seasonal fruit. The district administration fixed the date in a meeting over mango harvesting, transportation, marketing and market monitoring at the conference hall of the Deputy Commissioner today.

In the meeting chaired by DC Shamim Ahmed, a mango calendar has also been released to ensure safe, poison-free and ripened mango in the markets. Farmers can harvest the local and indigenous varieties from tomorrow, while Gopalbhog from May 15, Ranipachhand May 20, and Himsagar or Khirshapat from May 25.

They can harvest Langra from June 6, Amropali and Fazly from June 10, Ashwina and BARI Aam-4 from July 10, Gormati from July 10 and Ilamati from August 20. The meeting was told that there are mango orchards on 19,578 hectares of land with 63,986 trees in Rajshahi and the target has been fixed to produce around 2.58 lakh tonnes of mango this year.

The district administration has issued notices fixing the dates for harvesting different varieties of mangoes. DC Shamim said the local administration will remain vigilant against harvesting and marketing of immature mango. Law enforcing agencies and upazila administrations were already given instruction to this end. He also said there will be adequate measures to make the transportation and marketing of mango successful.