About 23 lakh apple boxes reached the mandis from the upper regions
Till yesterday, 2297382 apple boxes have reached various mandis of the country and the state from the upper areas of Shimla district. Which has been confirmed by SDM Theog Saurabh Jasal. It should be noted that a control room has been set up by the administration in Fagu since July 15. Where the complete details of the apple-laden vehicles are recorded. According to the information received from the control room Fagu, the records of 4191 trucks and 2630 pick-up vehicles have been checked in the control room from Theog-Shimla road till August 12. In addition to the police, the patwari or panchayat secretary of the revenue department and the field officer of the horticulture department have been posted in the control room. This control room is working round the clock since 15th July. Apart from this, a control room has been set up at Naina in Balag on the border of Sirmaur. Because most of the apples from Rohru, Jubbal and Kotkhai reach the mandis through the Chaila-Neripul-Solan route.
should be noted that the apple season has started from the upper areas of the district, for which control room has been set up by the district administration at Fagu. Where the number and number of boxes loaded with apples and the name and address of the driver are entered. The SDM said that in this control room, complete records of apples coming from 9 fruit and vegetable markets of the district are recorded, for which a software has been prepared. A complete record of apples coming from 9 fruit markets of the district, Rampur, Kullu’s Sainj, Parala, Rohru, Kotkhai, Theog, Narkanda, Kharapathar etc. is kept in this control room. The way apple carts used to get lost in the past, but the administration has made such arrangements in which it can be detected immediately in case of missing vehicles.