Punjab countryside dweller comes to the shop to sell homegrown cotton. It is weighed and measured and the seller is paid by the buyer. Punjab has over 6 million hectares for cotton production.
Abohar is a city and a municipal committee in Fazilka district of the Indian state of Punjab, about 40 km (25 mi) north east of Sri Ganganagar and about 30 km (19 mi) south east of Fazilka. It is located near the junction of boundaries of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan and near the international border with Pakistan. Abohar is famous for being one of the biggest cotton producing belt in whole north India and Kinnow. It is located on the NH10 Fazilka-Sri Ganganagar--Delhi railway route and NH15 Pathankot-Ahmedabad.
Abohar Is a leading place in Punjab for Agricultural research of the region.This research started with the establishment of Regional Fruit Research Station in 1964 which was officially inaugurated in 1969.
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