Srinagar May 10 (KNS): The recent bad weather has wreaked havoc to Kashmir fruit Industry causing huge losses to growers. There are reports of massive damages to Horticulture from various parts of Kashmir.Timely assessment by the experts will ascertain the losses caused due to snowfall and hailstorm.
Former J&K Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Wednesday made these comments during his tour to various parts of South Kashmir. Mir expressed anguish over the losses caused to fruit growers due to the untimely snow and hailstorm.
Mir said the sudden snowfall and hail storm has been a setback to fruit industry, which is the backbone of Kashmir economy and needs to be bailed out by way of providing full compensation to affected fruit growers enabling them to recover the losses.
Govt must depute a team of experts from SKUAST and Horticulture Department to assess the losses and provide compensation to affected growers, at right earnest Mir reiterated and urged that full compensation be provided to affected growers, without any delay.(KNS)