date:Dec 19, 2019
ment Officer Aabid Hussain Tantray said, quoting preliminary information received from the field staff. Putting the loss suffered by the orchards in the snow-bound areas to nearly 60 percent, Tantray asked the farmers not to let snow accumulate on trees.
It is after several years that erstwhile Doda District has witnessed heavy snowfall in November and first fortnight of December and brought cheer to the tourism industry. However, it has turned out to be a bane for locals and fruit growers with