Flooded with apples, Jammu mandi sees dearth of buyers

Flooded with apples, Jammu mandi sees dearth of buyers

Flooded with Kashmiri apples, the only fruit mandi in Jammu has been witnessing a dearth of buyers, giving wholesalers nightmares. The Kashmiri apple harvest has been bumper this time, even more than the annual 20-21 lakh metric tonnes of production, causing a glut in the wholesale fruit market of Jammu. Wholesalers say the competition from Himachal apple too has affected their business as the harvest there too has been bumper. Bumper harvest The Kashmiri apple harvest has been bumper this time. Besides, wholesalers are also facing stiff competition from the Himachal…

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