Kalahandi sends out first cotton shipment to Bangladesh
In a first, cotton from Kalahandi district is being exported to Bangladesh by Cotton Corporation of India. The first cotton rake was loaded at Junagarh on Wednesday.
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BHAWANIPATNA: In a first, cotton from Kalahandi district is being exported to Bangladesh by Cotton Corporation of India. The first cotton rake was loaded at Junagarh on Wednesday. A consignment of 6500 bales of cotton weighing around 2471 tonnes will be shipped to Benapol station in Bangladesh by train.
Kalahandi grows State’s finest cotton. It also is the biggest cotton growing district where over 60,575 hectare across Bhawanipatna, Kesinga, Golamunda, Narla, Karlamunda and Lanjigarh blocks are under cultivation for cotton.