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Truckloads of apples are rotting as Kashmir highway is blocked

A man rides a motorbike past an apple orchard in Sopore, Indian-administered Kashmir [File: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters]

Roadworks have halted thousands of trucks carrying millions of dollars worth of apples on Indian-administered Kashmir’s main highway, a major union leader said, triggering protests by growers as their produce begins to rot.

Highway repairs were causing extensive delays along the Srinagar-Jammu highway, which connects the disputed region to the rest of India, meaning huge expected losses.

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