Tag: Kashmiri's outraged as authorities fell thousands of apple trees

Members of Gujjar tribal community say their trees – a major source of livelihood – were cut down as part of eviction drive by forest department. An arduous three-mile trek over an unpaved mountainous track leads to Shareef-Ud-Din Bajad’s mud and wood hut. Dressed in a “pheran” – a traditional woollen cloak worn by Kashmiris for warmth – Bajad stood in front of his house staring at the apple tree stumps left behind by the authorities last week. With tears in his eyes, the 70-year-old resident of Kanidajan village in…

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