Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 15: National Conference (NC) today expressed anguish over the losses to the farmers due to the heavy hailstorm that lashed swaths of Kupwara, Anantnag and Kulgam districts, demanding immediate relief to the affected farmers.
In a statement, Party’s senior leader and former legislature Choudhary Muhammad Ramzan said the heavy hailstorm that lashed north Kashmir the other day has in particular affected Kupawara’s Shehlal, Harnipora, Waripora, Mawer and Qaziabad areas where, he said farmers have incurred heavy losses to their standing crops.
“For farmers, the worst case scenario is the repeat of lock down and the incessant weather vagaries that hasn’t seen any let up since November last year. The other day also various areas of the district Kupwara witnessed heavy rains, accompanied by hailstorms and gusty winds. The severe weather condition that lasted for hours played havoc with farmer’s standing crops. The heavy downpour has impacted orchids, shrubbery, electricity transmission lines at various places,” he said.
He said keeping in view the havoc, the severe weather played with the people’s crops and property, the district administration Kupwara should immediately rush revenue teams to the affected hamlets to access the losses incurred by people especially the farmers and horticulturalists so that a proper compensation is worked out at an earliest and distributed among affected forthwith.
Meanwhile, in wake of the hail storm that hit many areas in south Kashmir districts particularly Pahalgam and Bijbehara, Party’s south zone president Dr Bashir Ahmed Veeri and district president Anantnag Altaf Ahmed Wani have also impressed upon the district and divisional administration to come to the rescue of affected.
They said that a severe hailstorm on Wednesday hit large areas of Dachnipora causing colossal damage to orchards and destroying almost the entire fruit crop as well as standing crops in Kathsoo, Budroo, Srigufwara, Khiram, Nowshera, Hetgam, Mehind, Sirhama, Salia and other areas. The duo asked the administration to provide compensation to the affected farmers and horticulturalists immediately.
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