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.

In order to minimise procedural costs, India has said presence of inspectors from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is not required to certify irradiation of mango export consignments.

This year's prolonged winter is likely to affect mango production in the State, according to the agriculture department.

Adverse weather conditions, including heavy rains, have affected mango crop in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, while the prospects in Maharashtra, the largest producer of the

bowing to an aggressive us offensive, the Indian government recently allowed the import of the us's iconic Harley Davidson bikes. The decision, which came on April 13, 2007, is part of a deal