Excelsior Correspondent
KULGAM, Sept 3: CPI (M) leader, Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami today visited the wind and hail storm affected areas in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district.
While visiting Mohamadpora, Nillow, Arreh, Pombay, Kakran, Mirhama and other adjoining villages of Kulgam, former MLA consoled the affected growers and orchardists, whose fruit and crops have extensively been damaged due to hail storm and gusty winds.
The situation in the area is extremely terrible and devastating as the ripe fruit ready for harvesting stands damaged and in some areas fruit trees have got uprooted.
He said that proper assessment should be done and adequate compensation be provided to the affected people. The routine funds for affected farmers won’t render any assistance as the damages are huge due to unprecedented natural calamity this time. He also urged the administration to waive off the KCC loans of the affected orchardists.
“We had time and again stressed the implementation of the Crop Insurance Scheme in the Horticulture sector but unfortunately that was not implemented so far”, he added.
Non-implementation of the Crop Insurance Scheme has caused distress among the orchardists and farmers. The scheme will provide succour to the orchardists and mitigate financial losses suffered by farmers due to crop failures caused by natural calamities.
CPI(M) leader brought this into the notice of Director Horticulture Kashmir who deputed the teams to the area to assess the losses caused by the natural calamities.
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