Rajshahi, May 4 -- Mango yield in Rajshahi district, known as the capital of mango, have been affected due to the prevailing severe heat wave condition and lack of rains, causing anxiety among farmers and traders.

The district and many other regions of the country have been experiencing intense heat wave for about a month, which has caused the water bodies and ponds in the Barind region to dry up, resulting in the early drop of mangoes and litchi pods.

Local mango growers and traders said the amount of buds in the mango trees of the district was much less than the previous year.

Crop lands have been dried up due to absence of rains which is affecting mango and litchi production as well, they said.

Already 30 percent mango pods have be...