"Crop Losses"

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15 September 2025

A Kashmiri farmer harvests apples during the harvest season at an orchard in Pulwama, South of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 15, 2025. Apple growers in Kashmir face heavy losses as recent floods from continuous rainfall damage many orchards during the peak harvest season. The problem worsens with the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which stalls fruit-laden trucks. The combined losses to the apple industry, a major part of the region's economy, are estimated at around Rupees 700 crore.

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15 September 2025

A Kashmiri farmer harvests apples during the harvest season at an orchard in Pulwama, South of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 15, 2025. Apple growers in Kashmir face heavy losses as recent floods from continuous rainfall damage many orchards during the peak harvest season. The problem worsens with the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which stalls fruit-laden trucks. The combined losses to the apple industry, a major part of the region's economy, are estimated at around Rupees 700 crore.

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15 September 2025

A Kashmiri farmer harvests apples during the harvest season at an orchard in Pulwama, South of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 15, 2025. Apple growers in Kashmir face heavy losses as recent floods from continuous rainfall damage many orchards during the peak harvest season. The problem worsens with the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which stalls fruit-laden trucks. The combined losses to the apple industry, a major part of the region's economy, are estimated at around Rupees 700 crore.

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#12759454

15 September 2025

A Kashmiri farmer shows fresh apples during the harvest season at an orchard in Pulwama, South of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 15, 2025. Apple growers in Kashmir face heavy losses as recent floods from continuous rainfall damage many orchards during the peak harvest season. The problem worsens with the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which stalls fruit-laden trucks. The combined losses to the apple industry, a major part of the region's economy, are estimated at around Rupees 700 crore.

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#12759458

15 September 2025

Kashmiri farmers pack apples during the harvest season at an orchard in Pulwama, South of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 15, 2025. Apple growers in Kashmir face heavy losses as recent floods from continuous rainfall damage many orchards during the peak harvest season. The problem worsens with the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which stalls fruit-laden trucks. The combined losses to the apple industry, a major part of the region's economy, are estimated at around Rupees 700 crore.

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#12759428

15 September 2025

A farmer carries a basket full of fresh apples during the harvest season at an orchard that was flooded last week in Pulwama, South of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 15, 2025. Apple growers in Kashmir face heavy losses as recent floods from continuous rainfall damage many orchards during the peak harvest season. The problem worsens with the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which stalls fruit-laden trucks. The combined losses to the apple industry, a major part of the region's economy, are estimated at around Rupees 700 crore.

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#12759437

15 September 2025

Apples smeared with mud hang from trees during the harvest season at an orchard that floods last week in Pulwama, South of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 15, 2025. Apple growers in Kashmir face heavy losses as recent floods from continuous rainfall damage many orchards during the peak harvest season. The problem worsens by the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which stalls fruit-laden trucks. The combined losses to the apple industry, a major part of the region's economy, are estimated at around Rupees 700 crore.

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#12759440

15 September 2025

Noor Mohammad Balla, 65, a Kashmiri farmer, shows rotten apples smeared with mud during the harvest season at an orchard that floods last week in Pulwama, south of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 15, 2025. Apple growers in Kashmir face heavy losses as recent floods from continuous rainfall damage many orchards during the peak harvest season. The problem worsens with the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which stalls fruit-laden trucks. The combined losses to the apple industry, a major part of the region's economy, are estimated at around Rupees 700 crore.

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15 September 2025

Noor Mohammad Balla, 65, a Kashmiri farmer, shows rotten apples smeared with mud during the harvest season at an orchard that floods last week in Pulwama, south of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 15, 2025. Apple growers in Kashmir face heavy losses as recent floods from continuous rainfall damage many orchards during the peak harvest season. The problem worsens with the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which stalls fruit-laden trucks. The combined losses to the apple industry, a major part of the region's economy, are estimated at around Rupees 700 crore.

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15 September 2025

Apples smeared with mud hang from trees during the harvest season at an orchard that floods last week in Pulwama, South of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 15, 2025. Apple growers in Kashmir face heavy losses as recent floods from continuous rainfall damage many orchards during the peak harvest season. The problem worsens by the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which stalls fruit-laden trucks. The combined losses to the apple industry, a major part of the region's economy, are estimated at around Rupees 700 crore.

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15 September 2025

A Kashmiri farmer carries a basket full of fresh apples during the harvest season at an orchard in Pulwama, South of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 15, 2025. Apple growers in Kashmir face heavy losses as recent floods from continuous rainfall damage many orchards during the peak harvest season. The problem worsens with the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which stalls fruit-laden trucks. The combined losses to the apple industry, a major part of the region's economy, are estimated at around Rupees 700 crore.

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#12727227

7 September 2025

Paddy ready for harvest lies submerged in water following heavy rainfall on the outskirts of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 7, 2025. Heavy rains cause the Jhelum River to breach its banks, inundating vast stretches of paddy fields across Kashmir. Thousands of hectares of standing crops are destroyed just weeks before harvest, leaving farmers facing heavy losses.

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#12727230

7 September 2025

Paddy ready for harvest lies submerged in water following heavy rainfall on the outskirts of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 7, 2025. Heavy rains cause the Jhelum River to breach its banks, inundating vast stretches of paddy fields across Kashmir. Thousands of hectares of standing crops are destroyed just weeks before harvest, leaving farmers facing heavy losses.

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7 September 2025

Paddy ready for harvest lies submerged in water following heavy rainfall on the outskirts of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 7, 2025. Heavy rains cause the Jhelum River to breach its banks, inundating vast stretches of paddy fields across Kashmir. Thousands of hectares of standing crops are destroyed just weeks before harvest, leaving farmers facing heavy losses.

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#12727232

7 September 2025

Paddy ready for harvest lies submerged in water following heavy rainfall on the outskirts of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 7, 2025. Heavy rains cause the Jhelum River to breach its banks, inundating vast stretches of paddy fields across Kashmir. Thousands of hectares of standing crops are destroyed just weeks before harvest, leaving farmers facing heavy losses.

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#12727233

7 September 2025

Paddy ready for harvest lies submerged in water following heavy rainfall on the outskirts of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 7, 2025. Heavy rains cause the Jhelum River to breach its banks, inundating vast stretches of paddy fields across Kashmir. Thousands of hectares of standing crops are destroyed just weeks before harvest, leaving farmers facing heavy losses.

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