Achyut Patil, a farmer in Akola, said this is the coldest it has been in five years in his region. “In the past few days, I have observed ground frost in my fields at night and early in the morning.

Achyut Patil, a chikoo farmer from Bordi, in Palghar, said, “Around 100-ton chikoos are produced at Dahanu. Earlier we transported them by trucks to New Delhi, but it cost us a lot.