Mango transportation through postal department begins

The transportation of mangoes through the postal department from Chapainawabganj to Dhaka free of cost began on Saturday amid coronavirus pandemic.

The government has taken an initiative to transport mangoes through postal services and under the initiative as the farmers to help growers and sellers to sell their produce easily during the coronavirus situation.

Posts and Telecommunications Division Minister Mustafa Jabbar inaugurated the ‘farmers-friendly postal service’ through a video conference held at the conference room of the deputy commissioner, UNB reports.

Chapainawabganj Postmaster Laxman Kumar said the covered van of postal department with five metric tonnes of mangoes of three traders, left for Dhaka on the first day of the service.

Deputy Commissioner AZM Nurul Haq, deputy-director of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Chapainawabganj and other officers concerned were present at the inauguration ceremony.

Mustafa Jabbar said the Postal Department is being prepared fully for buying and selling products of marginal farmers.

“This initiative has been taken to ensure fair prices of goods produced by the marginal farmers,” he said adding that the money from the sale of their products will directly reach the farmers concerned without involvement of any middlemen