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Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday called for immediate emergency transport measures to evacuate Kashmir\u2019s horticultural produce as repeated landslides and bad weather shut the Srinagar-Jammu highway severing its land link of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the world.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, Mehbooba said prolonged road blockages were threatening the quality and market value of perishable produce, particularly apples, during the peak marketing season.\u201cEvery harvesting season represents a year of patience, investment and hope for our orchardists. Today, many growers are anxiously watching truckloads of their produce remain immobilised because the Valley\u2019s road connectivity has been severely affected,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe administration must recognise that this is not merely a traffic management issue but an economic emergency,\u201d Mehbooba added. She urged authorities to facilitate immediate movement of fruit-laden trucks and to consider all safe alternative routes, including the Mughal Road for suitable commercial vehicles, whenever conditions permit.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the PDP said Kashmir\u2019s fruit industry supports the livelihoods of lakhs of people, including orchard owners, labourers, transporters, commission agents and packaging workers. It warned that continued disruption of the supply chain could cause huge financial losses and hit the wider rural economy. The party demanded a dedicated operational framework for evacuation of horticultural produce involving traffic agencies, civil administration and transport authorities.<\/p>\n
It also stressed that disaster management must go beyond restoring roads and include measures to protect livelihoods. \u201cCommercial consignments carrying perishable fruit should be given planned and uninterrupted passage whenever conditions allow,\u201d the PDP said, urging authorities to act swiftly to prevent avoidable losses to Kashmir\u2019s fruit growers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday called for immediate emergency transport measures to evacuate Kashmir\u2019s horticultural produce as repeated landslides and bad weather shut the Srinagar-Jammu highway severing its land link of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the world. According to Kashmir Media Service, Mehbooba said …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t