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Daltonganj: Peppermint growers in Palamu urged the state government to set up a distillery and make seeds of the plant available in Jharkhand. The farmers here mostly buy seeds of peppermint from Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh.
A farmer, Priya Ranjan Singh, from Doomar Hata village under Dangwar panchayat of Hussainabad sub-division said, “Peppermint seeds are not available in Jharkhand. So we have to buy them from Barabanki. As a result, we are also charged the transportation cost, which is pretty high.”
A kilogram of peppermint seeds cost Rs 80, Priya Ranjan said.
Priya Ranjan also complained about the lack of a processing plant in the vicinity. “We have to take peppermint leaves to Bikramganj in Bihar for distillation.”