RAHIM YAR KHAN, June 25: A three-day annual mango exhibition started at Sheikh Zayed Public School auditorium on Sunday with the cooperation of the district government and the agriculture department. District Nazim Sardar Rafiq Haider Khan Leghari inaugurated the exhibition.

Displayed in the exhibition are different varieties, including Chownsa, Langra, Dosehri, Anwar Ratool, Saroli, Samar Bahisht, Toota Pari, Sindhri, Fajri, Neelum, Sonahra, Almas, Sanwal, Surkha, Lahotia and Senassion, and several varieties of desi mango.

After visiting various stalls, the district nazim said the district produced the country’s best quality and largest varieties of mangoes.

Scores of mango growers from the district have displayed more than 50 varieties of mangoes. The survey for the year 2005-06, completed by the agriculture department, estimates that some 7,000 acres of land will comprise mango orchards.

Chownsa, regarded as the best quality, is grown on 31,615 acres, Langra on 7,170 acres, Sindhri on 4,076 acres, Dosehri on 3,729 acres, Anwar Ratool on 2,231 acres, Fajri on 1,230 acres and other varieties on 6,000 acres in the district.

According to an estimate, the mango production is expected to fall by 25 to 35 per cent this year.