On Friday, April 18, most of the Kashmir Valley was destroyed by rapid hail, electricity, thunderstorms and storms. The storm has completely destroyed the Apple gardens here. In the fruit gardens, hail has been destroyed. Suddenly, this season, the valley’s fruit industry has been damaged and the apple orchards are completely over. Apple is one of the most important pillars for the local economy here.
The extinction of destruction everywhere
Flowering fruit trees have suffered heavy damage due to Alangatti Rain, Gulkam, Pulwama, Paramulla, Bandipura, Pudgam, Kandarpal and other districts. The hail is covered in a dense white layer of gardens. It broke the flower fruits and the trees are offended. He says this will affect production for a long time.
Farmers say the storm came in the wrong time. Flowers began to bloom in the gardens, so everyone had more confidence in good weather. But the storm has broken those expectations and pushed many farmers to big loss.
There is no risk of lack of insurance
Kashmirlif.Net wrote that Kashmir Valley Fruit Producers and Dealer Association President Bashir Ahmed Bashir wrote that the loss could never be filled. The income of thousands of families associated with horticulture will be severely affected by this storm. Along with this, it is enough to say natural disasters, he said how big a danger to crop insurance makers.
The notification has only been made so far, nothing has happened
The Fruit Manufacturers Association has been demanding the implementation of a crop insurance scheme in Jammu and Kashmir for the past several years. The association says that nothing has been done so far in this forefront. Because of this, horticulture farmers are in financial crisis, which is unbearable. In spite of the continuous announcements of the government over the past several years, the association states that there has been no concrete policy to protect the valley’s horticultural area from climate trauma.
90 % of families depend on horticulture
Bashir Ahmed Bashir, president of the New Kashmir Fruit Association, said that ninety percent of the valley was a small farmer. The price of their entire house depends on the income of their gardens. In such a situation, due to the lack of insurance or compensation, these families must withstand the full load of nature’s explosion. He has promptly focused on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and appealed to the intervention.
The union is demanding compensation
The Fruit Manufacturers Association has called for the administration to ensure that the crop insurance scheme for the horticulture in the valley is initially implemented. The Sher-e-Kashmir Agricultural Science and Technology University (Skehwast-K), the Horticulture Department and Horticulture Program and Marketing Groups have been sent to assess the damage caused by the storm. In addition, the demand for the compensation constituency has been requested to help the affected farmers recover from the disaster shock.
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