New Delhi: Celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Chairman of National Media Club (NMC), Ramesh Awasthi, hosted India’s biggest mango festival in the national capital.
The one-day 15th NMC India Mango Festival cum Mango exhibition was held at the Western Court Annexe in Janpath, New Delhi. Around 350 different varieties of mangoes were displayed at the event.
The Union Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries, Parshottam Rupala, inaugurated the event and said, “This Mango festival is one of its kind as it not only brings so many varieties of Mangoes at one place but also opens doors to International buyers.”
Union Minister of Tribal Affairs and Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand), Arjun Munda was the Guest of Honour at the event.
Founder and Chairman of NMC, Ramesh Awasthi (Senior Journalist) said, “It has been more than a decade of the Mango festival being held with so much fervor and gaiety. We are thrilled with the response of the dignitaries who come to attend this. It inspires us to bring more mangoes on the table from different places and connect with the farmers of rural areas so that it can pave the way for their economic sustainability.”
The annual festival galvanizes participation of farmers from across the country to give way to a dazzling display of traditional, hybrid, and unique varieties of mangoes produced by them, which also helps in making people aware of the Mango Capital of India which is in Malhiabad in Lucknow district (Uttar Pradesh), according to the President of All India Mango Growers Association.
According to the NMC President, Sachin Awasthi, “The festival also helps in promoting the export of mangoes and motivates farmers from different places of the country to contribute on their part in the promotion of exports. The main aim of this festival is to educate people about the different varieties of mangoes produced in India and to promote the export of the most important and widely cultivated fruit in the tropical world.”
Malihabad district, which is internationally acclaimed for its mangoes, is also home to families who have been growing the king of fruits for nearly 200 years.
Ramesh Awasthi honored the visiting guests and dignitaries with a memento during which he explained that the purpose of the Mango Festival is not only to make the people aware about the varieties of mangoes, but also to let the general public know how hard the farmers of our country work.
(Avya Mathur)