Fruit growers have suffered a whopping loss of Rs800 to 900 crore as they are unable to export their produce to outside mandies in the unrest. Plus the markets are shut and growers are unable to ship fruits from the orchards," Bashir Ahmad Basheer, chairman of Kashmir Valley Fruit Growers Cum Dealers Union, told dna. Fruit production in Jammu and Kashmir was recorded at 24.93 lakh metric tonnes in 2015-16. The apple production in 2014-15 was recorded at 11.70 lakh metric tonnes given the devastating floods of September 2014. Fruit growers had submitted the memorandum to the centre putting the loss at Rs 2890 crore in 2014-15.

Source: dna August 24, 2016 02:37 UTC