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Al Jazeera Staff

‘Our lifeline’: Kashmiris fear losing orchards, land to mega Modi projects

An apple orchard in Wuyan, south of Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir [File: Dar Yasin/AP]

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Malik Haroon crouches on the ground covered with white frost on an early winter morning in Dafferpora village in Indian-administered Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

He traces his fingers on the bark of an almond tree – of which there are hundreds around – to check for signs of fungal disease.

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