Deficit rain puts Koraput mango plantation at risk

JEYPORE: Mango farmers in Koraput are facing severe crisis as flowering has been affected due to lack of rain.

According to sources, mango growers in Kundra, Borigumma, Nadnapur, Pottangi, Damantpur, Semiliguda, Laxmipur, Boipariguda, and Jeypore increased their cultivation area by nearly 5,000 acre under government schemes eyeing the annual production between May and July.