Uttar Pradesh: `Mango Man` introduces new varieties named after COVID frontline workers

Padma Shri awardee Haji Kalimullah Khan, popularly known as the `Mango Man`, told ANI, "I came to know that so many doctors died due to COVID and I thought that they should continue to live, so I decided to name a variety of mangoes after them. Similarly, many policemen too died of the infection while on national duty, so I named a variety after them as well."

Malihabad: Kaleemullah Khan`s Nursery in Lucknow`s Malihabad has introduced new mango varieties named after several frontline workers including doctors and policemen, who lost their lives in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Padma Shri awardee Haji Kalimullah Khan, popularly known as the `Mango Man`, told ANI, "I came to know that so many doctors died due to COVID and I thought that they should continue to live, so I decided to name a variety of mangoes after them. Similarly, many policemen too died of the infection while on national duty, so I named a variety after them as well." "These varieties will remind people that they sacrificed their lives to save the lives of several others. The varieties named after them will keep them alive forever," he added.