FruitsHundreds of maunds of guava a day at Tk 700-800 on Pirojpur's floating market; district grows 7,692 tonnes on 716 hectares and trades Tk 18-20 crore a season
Growers paddle dinghies of fresh guava into the Atghar-Kuriana canal at Nesarabad for buyers from Dhaka, Chattogram and Khulna; the Padma Bridge has lifted demand and tourists follow; DAE deputy director Soumitra Sarker wants a mini cold store and UNO Amit Dutta is planning visitor facilities.