Mango growers in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri are dumping ripe Totapuri fruit after prices collapse to as low as ₹2/kg because Andhra mills only buy local fruit at government-guaranteed rates; farmers demand Tamil Nadu set up direct procurement at ₹15–20/kg, open cooperative pulping units, negotiate transit access with Andhra, and fund village-level solar cold storage .
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