Nashik: The grape export season has begun and the Nashik district has sent the first container, with 12 tonne of grapes, to Germany. The regular grape harvest season in Nashik begins in December and picks up in January.
“Grape export to European countries has begun. The first container from Nashik has been sent to Germany. The volume is expected to increase in the second half of January,” said Kailas Shirsat, the deputy director of the agriculture department of Nashik district.
“We are expecting an increase in grape export this season. Export volume us likely to touch 2 lakh metric tonne,” Shirsat said.
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NASHIK: The Dhule administration has traced nine flyers who returned from the United Kingdom and Ireland recently. District coordinator for Covid-19 Vishal Patil said these international flyers were traced following the directive from the state government.
“These flyers have been currently isolated at home and they will undergo Covid-19 test,” added Patil.
Patil said that the district administration already has a special cell in place at the district headquarters to keep an eye on the health of the international flyers reaching Dhule.
“The administration’s efforts are on to find out if there were more flyers from UK in Dhule during this one month,” added Patil.
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NASHIK: The number of sharp weapons, like swords and daggers, seized from criminal elements by the city police this year is four times more than the number of weapons seized last year.
As against the 23 swords and other sharp weapons that were seized from criminal elements last year, 87 sharp weapons have been seized by the police till November 30 this year.
Maximum weapons (17) were seized from the jurisdiction of Panchavati police station, followed by 12 each from the jurisdictions of Ambad and Nashik Road police stations,11 each from Mumbai Naka and Upnagar police stations, six in Sarkarwada, four in Mhasrool, three each in Adgaon and Deolali Camp police stations and one each in Bhadrakali and Indiranagar police stations.