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KCCI puts fruit losses due to snowfall at Rs 500 cr

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 11/5/2018 12:36:01 PM

SRINAGAR, Nov 4: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has expressed its anguish at the damage to crops, fruits and trees throughout Kashmir Valley due to the snowfall.
In a statement KCCI said preliminary reports received from various fruit associations including Anantnag suggest that losses upwards of Rs 500 crore have been incurred and irreparable damage caused to trees, plantations and orchards. “We appeal to the whole community to stand behind our brothers in distress and extend support in whatever manner possible,” the statement said.
The avoidable delay in implementation of crop insurance schemes has ensured that farmers and orchardists are deprived of any sort of insurance cover which could have proved to be of critical importance at this juncture.
The KCC&I has been demanding laying of underground cables for power transmission for years now. This would have saved crore in T&D Losses and would have ensured hassle-free power supply in the winter months, but the power development department instead chose to waste thousands of crores in laying of covered cables on transmission poles. The results are out and its time that some accountability was sought.