The Punjabi Kinnow - Orange country in India

Kinnow or the Aboharvi Santra as it is popularly known in full bloom in the Punjab city of Abohar. See the bouncing kinnos on the sorting line! 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. A total of 10 ha (25 acres) of seed farm is under fruit research program. mainly in Abohar the plant grown most is Kinnow also known as "Aboharvi santra". Kinnow was brought to India in 1949 from California as a hybrid fruit of citrus category coming under Orange fruit. So,Abohar is also known as California of India. It is more sweet than orange and is easier to grow. Source: Wikipedia This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at wfi @ vsnl.com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com.