date:Nov 15, 2019
l my 60 trees. They want to satisfy us with a meagre amount like they did last year. I have suffered a loss of over Rs 1 crore. How would this amount help me, Abdul Rasheed, an apple grower from Shopian told, adding that if the government is serious towards their issues they should pay sufficient amount to the growers.
As per the preliminary reports of the Horticulture Department the farmers have suffered a loss of over Rs 220 mln and growers have lost 35% trees to snow. These are tentative fig