The seven-day mango fair in the Rajshahi city witnessed a huge crowed on the concluding day on Tuesday.
The fair, organised by the Rajshahi City Corporation on its Green Plaza premises, began with only one stall, which later grew to 10.
People from the city and suburbs visited the fair to buy fruits and books on fruits and to have an experience of the fascinating varieties of mango species.
One of the organisers said favourable weather on the last day provided the visitors to enormous scope to swarm the fair ground with friends and families.
He also said the last few days’ rainy weather cause huge loss to the vendors. The visitors, however, expressed enthusiasm for the fair and mangoes.
Rajshahi Medical College third year student Rubayet Jannat Bithi told New Age that she, along with her friends, went to the fair just to have a look at the mangoes kept in display.
Shefali Gosh, while visiting the fair with her five-year-old daughter, also said that she wanted her daughter to be familiar with various kinds of mangoes.
College teacher Abdul Wadud, however, said he was there to collect some books on mangoes.
Mango vendor Minhazul Abedin told New Age that he was selling 20 different types of mangoes.
He, however, wanted the RCC to organise such fairs at the beginning of a season except the Rainy season.
Rajshahi panel mayor Sariful Islam Babu, also convener of the fair organising committee, said the RCC organised the fair with an aim to introduce the city dwellers to mango varieties.
Earlier, Rajshahi mayor AHM Kharizzaman Liton inaugurated the fair on June 15.
The fair also featured a seminar where the speakers demanded government fund allocation for the mango growers and setting up several cold storages to preserve mangoes.
-With New Age input
