Harvest of Heartbreak

Kulgam/Shopian, Sep 03 : Strong winds and a hailstorm, which swept through dozens of villages in south Kashmir’s Kulgam and Shopian districts on Monday, left a trail of devastation.The high-speed winds knocked off apples from trees in at least 25 villages in the Kulgam district.The most affected villages include Pombay, Tazipora, Muhammad Pora, and Okay.The windfall carpeted the ground across apple farms, sprawling over hundreds of kanal land,The windfall carpeted the ground across apple farms, sprawling over hundreds of kanal land,On Tuesday, the distressed apple cultivators visited their farms to collect the fallen fruit.