25 Sept, Nepalgunj: Price of apple in Banke district has come down by half after the apples produced in Jumla district arrived in Kohalpur area through land route.
Banke people were to pay up to Rs. 180 for apples arriving from China and India a few days ago have felt relief with the arrival of the apples produced in Jumla. The price has suddenly gone down and traded at Rs. 60-80 per kilogramme.
The price of Indian and Chinese apples has also been traded at Rs. 100-120 as the local market was occupied with Nepali apples, said Rajan Prasad Dahal, a fruit entrepreneur at Kohalpur.
People prefer buying Nepali apples as compared to Chinese and Indian ones for they are fresh in the market and tasty. RSS
