Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 14: Taking opportunity of the relaxations granted by the Government for the farming community amid nationwide lockdown, the farmers of the Jammu and Kashmir too have started their farming activities like sowing as well as harvesting of their crops with all the preventive measures suggested by the Government such as maintaining social distance, using masks, washing hands regularly and if available making regular use of sanitizers during the nationwide lockdown.
Almost all the villagers of Jammu and Kashmir have started sowing seeds and harvesting their crops for this season and are grateful to the Government for these relaxations amid nationwide lockdown.
Darshan Singh, a farmer of village Raipur, Barjala Satwari said that the villagers were thankful to the Government for these concessions during the lockdown and will try their level best to ensure all the precautionary measures to be adopted during the farming activities.
Another farmer, Raj Kumar from village Adlehar of tehsil Arnia, Jammu said that without these relaxations, the farmers would not have been able to make their livelihood.
The villagers in Kashmir especially those engaged in horticulture sector have also resumed spraying fungicides to the apple crop and are expecting a bumper crop this year if the weather remains favourable.
Mohamad Shaban resident of Anantnag said that these relaxations to the farmer community are need of the hour or otherwise this sector too would have had a setback amid lockdown.
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