One lakh boxes of kesar Mangoes damaged in Junagadh Dist

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Rajkot, June 1 (UNI) With the monsoon having hit Mumbai, Rajkot city and many parts of the Saurashtra region are experiencing light to heavy showers since last evening, resulting considerable fall in the day temperature.

Moderate to heavy showers continued to lash Junagadh district since last night, following which the Kesar Mango boxes lying in the open space in Talala gir were completely damaged, a report from Junagadh said. One lakh kesar Mango boxes were affected in the shower. One box contains ten kg of mango and is valued at about Rs sixty, sources said.

Una and Girgadhada of Junagadh district recorded 65 and 40 mm of rainfall, respectively, while other parts of the region received rainfall ranging five mm to fifteen mm till this noon, a report from Junagadh said.

Rajkot city recorded 8.8 mm till 1430 hrs today, the weather office here said.

Reports of light to heavyshowers were also received from some parts of Bhavnagar and Amreli district.

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