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Indian Kashmiri fruit growers load crates of apples into truck at Pampore orchard in Kashmir, India. In the paradise, apples are no longer sweet for the farmers. Unprecedented hail storm coupled with untimely rains have wreaked havoc to the fruit orchards in Kashmir. Fruit growers have suffered Rs200 crore loss due to the untimely fall of fruit flowers. This is the second time that the fruit growers have suffered losses in the last two years. Last year, the fruit growers suffered loss of over Rs1425 crore due to the devastating floods. Horticulture is the mainstay of the economy in Kashmir with 23 lakh people associated with this sector. More than 2.37 lakh hectares of land is under the fruit cultivation in the Kashmir valley. Of which 65 per cent comprise of the apple orchards. Last year,
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