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Padma Hilsa’s first shipment from Bangladesh arrived in West Bengal, India, on Monday night. Rupali Hilsa has started reaching other markets, including Kolkata, on Tuesday. Photo: collected
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Padma Hilsa’s first shipment from Bangladesh arrived in West Bengal, India, on Monday night. Rupali Hilsa has started reaching other markets, including Kolkata, on Tuesday. Photo: collected
In the monsoon season, the people of West Bengal wait for the Padma Hilsa leaves. 12 tons of hilsa arrived in West Bengal as a gift before Durga Puja. The first silver thread from Bangladesh this year entered West Bengal through the Petrapole border on Monday night.
Two days before the mahalaya, to satisfy the taste of the Bengalis on the other side, the silver thread from Bangladesh started going to various retail markets in the suburbs and the state, including Kolkata, from Tuesday morning. Among them, a ton of hilsa reaches the Patipukur market of Dumdum. In addition to the yarns that weigh between 600 grams and 1,200 grams, there are also small yarns.
Whatever the price, there has been a long line of shoppers in the Calcutta markets since this morning to buy Padma Hilsa from Bangladesh.
Syed Anwar Maqsood, secretary of state of the Fish Importers Association, said that a total of 20 tons of hilsa arrived in the state from Bangladesh in four trucks across the Petrapole border today. Starting in the afternoon, shoppers will be able to shop for hilsa in the Calcutta retail market.
Regarding the price of hilsa, Syed Anwar Maqsood said that only one kg of hilsa came from 500 grams. It is likely to sell for Rs 600-1200 on the wholesale market.
According to sources from the land port of Petrapole, the hilsa will be imported from Bangladesh by truck during the next month. The government of Bangladesh has approved the shipment of around 1,500 tons of hilsa. As soon as a vehicle full of hilsa entered the Petrapole border on Monday night, the people involved in the import and export, as well as the general public, laughed.
Previously, the Bangladeshi government stopped Padma Hilsa’s free movement due to tension over the water distribution agreement with India. Last year, the Bangladeshi government agreed to send only 500 tons of hilsa as a gift on the eve of the puja.
A year later, India did not export hilsa through the international land port of Bangladesh. After waiting a year, this time the government of Bangladesh has decided to send around 1,500 tons of hilsa. According to him, vehicles full of hilsa began to enter the state on Monday night. The Bangladesh Ministry of Commerce has set an October 10 deadline for Hilsa’s export. However, everyone has some doubts about the price of the hilsa. Whatever the price, Bengalis do not want to be deprived of hilsa love. Hilsa-loving Bengalis are also willing to cut other budgets for Hilsa.
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