Mangoes arrive early than usual this season in Hyderabad city

Mangoes have hit the city a bit early than usual and have arrived albeit on a smaller scale from God’s Own Country- Kerala.

The fruit is sold at the markets across the city at a price between Rs.150 and Rs.400 a kg. For now, only two varieties ‘benishan’ and ‘banganapalli’ are available in the markets in the



city.

The mangoes arrivals in the city usually start around January-end and continue till first week of the July. The peak season for the harvesting of the fruit is between March and June and around the period trucks laden with mango loads arrive from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat in the city.