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Sindh’s mangoes available in market, but at forbidden price

Updated at: 1053 PST,  Friday, May 20, 2011  KARACHI: Mangoes from Sindh interior has landed here in the market, but it is being sold at prices higher than the previous year, Geo News reported. The traders of Karachi Sabzi Mandi told Geo News that Sindh’s mangoes, which among other varieties included Sindhri, have been brought to markets for sale and its being sold at Rs60-70 per kilo in retail, while the same quality mangoes were being sold previous year at Rs30-40 per kilo. Sabzi Mandi trader, Haji Shahjahan told that a crate of mango from Sindh being sold at Rs350-450. He told that the Punjab crop would also land in the market by June, which would stabilize the prices.