Mid-march snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda leaves fruit growers apprehensive

By PTI

BHADERWAH: Fresh snowfall on Monday within the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district has left farmers a apprehensive lot as a consequence of concern of harm to fruit crops because the timber are presently in bloom.

According to officers, snowfall ranging between two inches to 1 foot was recorded in numerous high-altitude areas, together with Kota Top, Jatani, Kansar, Thanhala, Baach Dhar, Shankhoja, Chenera, Kaljugasar and Sivili.

Amid the continual snowfall, the district administration has issued an advisory asking folks to not enterprise close to avalanche-prone areas and has additionally suspended vehicular visitors on Bhaderwah-Basohli-Pathankot and Bhaderwah-Chamba interstate roads.

Farmers, particularly fruit growers, claimed that some areas acquired snowfall on March 20 after a protracted hole, catching them unprepared as they’ve already began working of their orchards after extended winters.

“We have already started ploughing our maize fields and were expecting to have a good crop of apricot, almond, peach and walnut as these trees were in the bloom,” Saif Din Dhakkar, a farmer of village Kota Top, informed PTI. He mentioned the unseasonal snowfall and the sudden dip in temperature have completed plenty of harm to the fruit-bearing timber.

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Additional Superintendent of Police, Bhaderwah, Kameshwar Puri mentioned many of the increased reaches in Bhadarwah and Bhallesa are witnessing contemporary snowfall since morning. “We have issued an advisory to the people residing in hilly slopes to avoid venturing outside especially near avalanche-prone areas till weather conditions improve,” he mentioned.

He mentioned the visitors on the interstate highways was suspended as a precautionary measure after the snowfall rendered a 30-km stretch from Thanala to Khundi Maral on Bhaderwah-Chamba street and 25-KM stretch from Thantera to Chattar Galla move on Bhaderwah-Basohli street slippery. “It is still snowing and no vehicles will be allowed to move beyond Thanalla on Bhaderwah-Chamba road and Thanthera on Bhadarwah-Basohli-Pathankot road,” Puri mentioned.

Students who had began going to highschool after prolonged winter holidays with a few of them showing at school 10 and 12 annual examinations subsequent month are discovering it troublesome to deal with the winter-like circumstances. “We have just started attending our classes after a long break. We fall in a hard zone and our exams are commencing from the first week of April but after the snowfall, we are not able to reach our school at this crucial juncture,” mentioned Mohd Arif (16), a category 10 pupil of village Kharangal- Bhalessa.

BHADERWAH: Fresh snowfall on Monday within the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district has left farmers a apprehensive lot as a consequence of concern of harm to fruit crops because the timber are presently in bloom.

According to officers, snowfall ranging between two inches to 1 foot was recorded in numerous high-altitude areas, together with Kota Top, Jatani, Kansar, Thanhala, Baach Dhar, Shankhoja, Chenera, Kaljugasar and Sivili.

Amid the continual snowfall, the district administration has issued an advisory asking folks to not enterprise close to avalanche-prone areas and has additionally suspended vehicular visitors on Bhaderwah-Basohli-Pathankot and Bhaderwah-Chamba interstate roads.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Farmers, particularly fruit growers, claimed that some areas acquired snowfall on March 20 after a protracted hole, catching them unprepared as they’ve already began working of their orchards after extended winters.

“We have already started ploughing our maize fields and were expecting to have a good crop of apricot, almond, peach and walnut as these trees were in the bloom,” Saif Din Dhakkar, a farmer of village Kota Top, informed PTI. He mentioned the unseasonal snowfall and the sudden dip in temperature have completed plenty of harm to the fruit-bearing timber.

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Additional Superintendent of Police, Bhaderwah, Kameshwar Puri mentioned many of the increased reaches in Bhadarwah and Bhallesa are witnessing contemporary snowfall since morning. “We have issued an advisory to the people residing in hilly slopes to avoid venturing outside especially near avalanche-prone areas till weather conditions improve,” he mentioned.

He mentioned the visitors on the interstate highways was suspended as a precautionary measure after the snowfall rendered a 30-km stretch from Thanala to Khundi Maral on Bhaderwah-Chamba street and 25-KM stretch from Thantera to Chattar Galla move on Bhaderwah-Basohli street slippery. “It is still snowing and no vehicles will be allowed to move beyond Thanalla on Bhaderwah-Chamba road and Thanthera on Bhadarwah-Basohli-Pathankot road,” Puri mentioned.

Students who had began going to highschool after prolonged winter holidays with a few of them showing at school 10 and 12 annual examinations subsequent month are discovering it troublesome to deal with the winter-like circumstances. “We have just started attending our classes after a long break. We fall in a hard zone and our exams are commencing from the first week of April but after the snowfall, we are not able to reach our school at this crucial juncture,” mentioned Mohd Arif (16), a category 10 pupil of village Kharangal- Bhalessa.