implementation,” said Dr Haseeb Drabu, the Chairman and CEO of J&K Bank. “We have been encouraging people to invest in the infrastructure because it is too critical for our main business.”
Kashmir producers over 12 lakh metric tonnes of apple a year but barely one third of it is diverted to the markets in the plains. Absence of the critical cold chain forces growers to push it to the markets as soon as possible because an ailing highway closure could rot it back home. The practice creates glut in Azadpur and other markets bringing down the prices.
