Mukesh Ambani has a special mango connection; Reliance chairman is world’s largest…., read unknown story here

Mango empire of Mukesh Ambani: From clothes to cold drinks to jewelry sets and internet, Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries has an impact on your lives in each and every sphere. However, do you know that Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries also produces tones of mangoes every year. The story dates back to 1997 when Reliance Industries was facing serious pollution issues at its Jamnagar refinery in Gujarat. Continuously flagged by the the environment authorities and the Pollution Control Board, Reliance decided to convert the 600 acres of the barren land around the refinery into a lush mango orchard. Scroll down to read the full story around how Mukesh Ambani created

The initiative to plant mango trees across the 600 acres of the barren land around the Jamnagar refinery was aimed at creating a green belt around the industrial area, which in turn would keep the pollution under check.

Dhirubhai Ambani Lakhibagh Amari

Inspired by Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance group, the garden was named Dhirubhai Ambani Lakhibagh Amari. With more than 1.3 lakh mango trees, the garden produces more than 200 varieties of mango in the garden.

Mango varieties at Dhirubhai Ambani Lakhibagh Amari

Reports have it that many famous national varieties of mangoes like Kesar, Alphonso, Ratna, Sindhu, Neelam and Amrapali are grown in the garden along with international varieties like Tommy Atkins and Kent from Florida and Lily, Keet and Maya from Israel. More interestingly, reports also say that Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries is world’s largest exporter of mango.

Reason behind historic name of Lakhibagh Garden

Also, reports say that the name of the garden is also inspired by the historic Lakhibagh Garden built by Mughal emperor Akbar in the 16th century.

So, this was the story of how Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance transformed a 600 acre barren land into the largest Mango estate of Mango irrespective of the fears of strong winds, water and salinity in the soil that could have impacted the produce.

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