Auction of Illegal Citrus Orchard

06 November 2018

The Citrus Orchard which is in the government land generally termed as illegal orchard is auctioned annually by Dzongkhag Administration. The production estimation is worked out by the committee in the geog by physically visiting individual orchards. Percentage of fruit loss to fruit drops, incursion by wild animals as the orchards are left abandoned, plucking and transportation cost are accounted and considered while estimating the net value of the production.   Illegal orchards under Sarpang Dzongkhag for the fiscal year 2018-2019 were auctioned on 06/11/2018. There was turnout of 19 local bidders with one lady representing the male dominated occurrence. The auction amount generated is Nu. 10,10,000.00 (one million ten thousand) that goes to government revenue.

It is observed that, there is yearly decline in citrus production with added years of orchard being left unattended.