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LUCKNOW: With the costs taking a look north persistently, the vegetable thieves are at the prowl. After Shahjahanpur ‘heist’, a an identical incident has been reported in Kanpur now.
The thieves have made away with round 15,000 lemons weighing 7.5 quintals from orchards in Kanpur all through the closing 4 days.
In the meantime, on Monday, thieves had allegedly fled with 60 kg lemons, 40 kg onions and 38kg garlic from a warehouse below Tilhar police station limits in Shajahanpur.
Native other folks say that rattled by means of the lemon robbery, the growers have employed lathi-wielding guards to offer protection to the crop. Kanpur, Chaubeypur, Bithoor, Pariyar, Katri and Mandhana spaces are identified as lemon belt the place lemons are grown in about 2000 bigha of land.
In keeping with Ramesh Good friend, one of the crucial lemon growers, in Bithoor Katri, the farmers are hiring other folks to offer protection to the crop round-the-clock for the primary time. “We’re preserving the guards at Rs 500 -800 in line with guard an afternoon,” he stated.
Amarnath Vishwakarma, Bithoor police station area officer, stated that lemon growers are drawing near the police with the criticism of lemon robbery. “They’re filing court cases in opposition to unidentified individuals and are getting the FIR lodged. Lately, two lemon growers approached us to record a case of lemon robbery from their orchards in a span of 3 days,” stated the police workforce.
In keeping with Pankaj Nishad, who has 4 bighas of land on which lemon is grown, after shedding 2000 lemons on day-to-day foundation, all the circle of relatives is staying within the orchard to protect lemons.
Within the retail marketplace, lemons are promoting at a fee of Rs 250-300 in line with kg in Kanpur and different districts together with the state capital Lucknow.
Previous, in Shajahanpur, thieves decamped with 60kg lemons, 40kg onions, and 38kg garlic from a warehouse below the Tilhar police station limits.
In keeping with the police resources, the incident in Tilhar used to be reported by means of greengrocer Manoj Kashyap on Monday. The alleged robbery happened after he saved the greens in a warehouse on Sunday night time.