The Aam Adami Party (AAP) held a protest on Monday, demanded the administration to ensure that fruit-laden trucks are let of out the Valley on priority, saying delay in transportation of cash crops would cause a huge loss to the Union territory’s economy.
Thousands of trucks transporting fruit are stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway waiting to be transported to Jammu and outside. Because of this, fruit growers and vendors are facing huge losses, Jammu and Kashmir Aam Adami Party leader said.
“We demand the government to manage this crisis immediately and provide relief to the distressed fruit growers. If the government fails to ensure the timely passage of the trucks, the Congress will step on to the streets in their support,” they said.
Further, he accused the government of failing to take concrete steps to assess losses to the farmers and compensate them.
