Totapuri inflows continue to flood pulp units in undivided Chittoor
Tirupati and Chittoor district administrators are leaving no stone unturned to protect the interests of the local farmers by preventing entry of fruits from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, so that the local yield gets the first priority at the pulp making units. The State government also offered a support price of ₹4 per kg to prevent distress sale.
Unlike the season in 2024 that turned out to be a damp squib, the current year witnessed a bumper harvest. However, it turned out to be a problem of plenty for the farmers as well as the fruit pulp units, with the Totapuri produce available everywhere, be it at the Mandis, the ramps (ready-to-move dumping points), and at the procurement points of Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs).
The ubiquitous Totapuri is grown widely across Tirupati, Chittoor and Annamayya, which are part of the erstwhile Chittoor district. In Tirupati district alone, this year's production is expected to be 1.55 lakh metric tonnes from 14,582 hectares for the current season.
There are 42 fruit processing units functioning in undivided Chittoor, which is one of the largest in the entire country.
Inter-state ban
It has been a decades-old practice for the farmers of the neighbouring Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to supply their yield to these units. However, the government had to impose a ban on inflow of mangoes from outside, citing the glut in the local units.
The issue stirred a hornet's nest with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah urging his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Nara Chandrababu Naidu to lift the ban.
Similarly, farmers from Vellore district of Tamil Nadu dumped their mangoes on the road at Paradarami at the inter-state border, when they were prevented from entering Chittoor district on Monday (June 16).
Meanwhile, Tirupati Collector S. Venkateswar advised the farmers to desist from panic harvesting and assured that every mango would be procured.
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