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| Flood loss to Kashmiri apple growers to be boon for Himachal traders | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept Apart from shortage in its availability in the markets in the plains Kashmiri apples may register an unprecedented price hike following heavy damage caused to the orchards in Kashmir's apple basket of Baramulla, Sopore and Handwara.
Official sources said that right from the third week of September apple growers get engaged in plucking the precious fruit for exporting to the mandis in the plains, especially Delhi and Mumbai. However, sprawling orchards in the north and elsewhere are still under flood water. In certain reas the apple growers have arranged boats for visiting their orchards for plucking apples. Majority of apple growers in the valley are crestfallen because of huge losses they have suffered owing to heavy floods. Some of them said that since the flood waters continue to pose problem for them they have no hope for harvesting late season apples.
Rough estimates reveal that apple crop worth over Rs.800 crores has been damaged owing to floods.And one can imagine the loss to apple exporters when they have been exporting apples worth about Rs.1000 crores per year.
A number of apple growers were of the opinion that "we may be able to produce between 500 to 700 metric tones of apples out of the yearly production of over 1373 metric tones."They said part of the damage could be averted if the Government is able to pump out flood waters from the orchards.Reports said that losses to apple growers in the Kashmir valley may be a boon for the apple growers in Himachal Pradesh.No wonder that apple traders from Himachal may increase apple prices when they have come to know that Kashmiri apple may not flood the mar kets in the plains this year. |
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