Mango orchards fast disappearing in Gir
Almost 3,000 mango trees in the regions of Dhari, Chalala-Gir were destroyed in the last few days. Badly affected, either by the failure of crops, diseases spreading in the crop, poor price for their produce or simply the ageing of the trees, the owners of these mango orchards decided to say goodbye to the kesar mango forever and in the process have made the green banks of the Shell river which flows through Gir look barren.