date:Sep 30, 2022
About 8,000 trucks carrying apples were stranded on the Srinagar-Jammu highway for the past two weeks. Truckloads of apples were rotting on the highway. While the trucks were finally allowed to move on Monday evening, the growers are yet to evaluate the loss caused by the packaged apples being left unattended in trucks, covered under plastic sheets.
Bashir Ahmad Basheer, the president of Kashmir Valley Fruit Growers cum Dealers Union, an apex body of the fruit growers across Kashmir, emphasized