Tripura has dispatched its first consignments of garden fresh-scented lemons and juicy pineapples this year to Delhi and Jaipur on Sunday through a Farmer Producer Company from the Sepahijala district.
Some 130 kilograms each of Gandharaj and Kagzi varieties of lemon and 100 kilograms of Queen varieties pineapple from the Taxapara area of Nalchher have been shipped by air to be served in the dish of an international delegate and top VIPs of India.
Tripura pineapple and lemon varieties have earned a good name in the international market in the last three years. And as a result, the cultivation of the products gained momentum across the state.