Can Guwahati Market Revive Once Relished Rich Fresh Fruits Varieties Of Meghalaya?

KODBEL

Decades winding back to late 60’s and early 80’s era people of Guwahati could recollect the enjoyment of rare rich variety of fresh fruits delivered by the Garo Hills tribes of the neighboring state Meghalaya to Assam capital city’s border markets but with times this trading relation has today come to extinct.

MIRIKA TENGA

Now Guwahati fruit traders have to rely on import items from various international communities as production of Meghalaya fruits like Dragon Fruit, Kodbel, Safffol, Nagatenga, Mirikatenga, Peach,Plum Varities, Leechi, Plum, Cherry, Sophlong (sweet and sour fruit), and Apricot have come to extinct and now appears to be  like a dream to relish these fruits once again.

According to a resident of Guwahati, Debajoti Borah who recounts the relish moments of fresh delicious fruits of Meghalaya during the time of his childhood before being shifted to Assam and stated, “Today it is rare to see fruit items of Garo traders from Shillong in Guwahati as itself the commercial market of the capital city of Meghalaya is not self sufficient of its local products and due to expensiveness it has added streamline in its distribution.”

 

  

PEACH

An Assamese hotel owner in Shillong, Moon Hazarika marked, “The prices have shot up of Meghalaya fruits as it is rare in India and due to global market demand the limited stock items are fetched with better price with various outside clients before it could be fetched by any Guwahati fruit traders. The Guwahati dealers are unable to make futuristic tie up with Meghalaya fruit traders as they cannot promise potential supply to the market demand here. This has added disadvantage why Guwahati is unable to revive fruit business tie up with Meghalaya and retain the charm of its fruit flow in its market at better price rather depending on global import stocks to add variety to it fruit business.”

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