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This is the season for jackfruits and Gazipur is the hub of the national fruit of the country. Garden owners collect jackfruits in the morning from their trees and bring those fruits to the local bazaar loading van and pickup.
Hundreds of people are involved in collecting and sailing jackfruits in Sreepur upazila. Well, infrastructures help garden owners and wholesalers to do their business well.
Jackfruits in the highland are well-known to the countrymen.
Hundreds of thousands of jackfruits are sold every day in the bazaar of the district. There have been set up temporary bazaars for jackfruits everywhere in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur. The largest jackfruit bazaar is been set at Joina Bazaar in Sreepur.
The national fruits are sold at the Hat from morning to evening. Wholesalers come to the Hat from different parts of the country and bring the jackfruits to their destination including the capital Dhaka.
There is also a jackfruit bazaar at Kapasia, Amraid, Bormi, MC Bazar, Nayonpur, Bagher Bazar, Rajabari, Baniarchala and Bhabanipur in the district.
Nurul Haque Bablu, a garden owner in Sreepur Upazila has 70 jackfruit trees in his garden. He is happy for bumper production and fair prices of the fruit.
Nuru Mia, a wholesaler from Saver said the demand for this fruit is high this time. For this reason, garden owners are getting fair prices, he added.
Agriculture Officer of Sreepur upazila Sumaiya Sultana said 60,000 tonnes of jackfruits will be produced this year.
“We are inspiring people to cultivate jackfruits as it is good for health” she added.
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