Now in its fifth edition, the Chikoo Festival continues to burgeon at the Bordi beach. Though the venue remains the same, the flair and scale differ (See "Championing the chikoo,” Events and Personalities, Parsiana, March 7, 2013). Held on January 21 and 22, 2017, this year it was grander, bigger and more of a fair than a festival.
On the eve of the inauguration, the Maharashtra Rajya Chikoo Utpadak Sangh received the welcome news (after almost six years of trying) that the "chikoo has got its geographical indication (GI) tag from the Government of India,” reported The Times of India (TOI)......