News Reading Practice #70
(100 Day Challenge)
■ PROJECT UNDERWAY TO CONSERVE SPECIES
NOORJAHAN MANGO TREES IN MP NEARING EXTINCTION, ONLY 10 LEFT
RABINDRA NATH CHOUDHURY
BHOPAL, MAY 17
Noorjahan mango tree species, the yield of which weighs
up to 4.5 kg each, is on
the verge of extinction, a
scientist of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) has indicated.
R.K. Yadav, scientist and head of the local KVK, on
Friday disclosed to this newspaper that only 10 Noorjahan mango
trees survive in Alirajpur district in Madhya Pradesh now.
"Only 10 Noorjahan mango trees are surviving in the Katthiwada block of
Alirajpur district now. The KVK of Alirajpur has undertaken a project to conserve and revive the tree species,"
Mr Yadav said.
According to him, of the 10 surviving Noorjahan mango
variety trees, seven are found in the farms of two brothers of Katthiwada,
Shivraj Singh and Bharat Singh.
Similarly, while one tree is found in the village of Kali
Khetra under Jobat, grown by the local farmer Pradip Singh in his agriculture
field, another tree is grown by a farmer, Yuvraj Singh, in Chhota Undan village
near the district headquarters of Alirajpur.
The other tree is grown in the palace of the erstwhile royal family of Alirajpur.
According to him, the KVK, Alirajpur, last year initiated
an effort to create two mother trees of the variety by adopting the grafting
method. But, both the trees were electrocuted after coming in contact with transmission wires.
The tree variety yields mangoes weighing up to 4.5 kg each. "Last year, a Noorjahan
mango weighing 3.5 kg was auctioned at 5,000 in the market,' Mr Yadav said. The mango
variety grows in tropical
climates on sandy soil.
"We have a plan to grow around 200 mango trees of
the variety in coming four years by adopting tissue culture technology,"
he added.
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UNDERWAY
- In progress (പുരോഗതിയില്)
CONSERVE
- Protect (സംരക്ഷിasക്കുക, പാലിക്കുക)
SPECIES
- Category (ജീവജാലങ്ങളുടെ വര്ഗ്ഗം-ഗണം)
NEARING
- Approaching (വക്കില്, അടുത്തെത്തിയ)
EXTINCTION
- Disappearance (വംശനാശം)
ON
THE VERGE OF - About to (വക്കില്)
INDICATE
- Show (സൂചിപ്പിക്കുക)
DISCLOSED
- Revealed (വെളിപ്പെടുത്തി)
SURVIVE
- Remain (അവശേഷിക്കുക, അതിജീവിക്കുക)
UNDERTAKE
- Begin (തുടങ്ങുക, ഏറ്റെടുക്കുക)
ERSTWHILE
- Former (പഴയ, പണ്ടുള്ള, മുന്കാലത്തില്)
ELECTROCUTE
- Kill by electricity (വൈദ്യുതാഘാതം കൊണ്ട് മരിക്കുക)
TRANSMISSION
- Broadcasting (പ്രസരണം, സംപ്രേക്ഷണം)
WEIGHING
- Having weight (ഭാരമുള്ള)
AUCTION
- Sell (ലേലം വിളിക്കുക)
