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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 1200 tons of apples and potatoes rot in Uttarkhand -Seema Sharma

1200 tons of apples and potatoes rot in Uttarkhand -Seema Sharma

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published Published on Dec 25, 2013   modified Modified on Dec 25, 2013
-The Times of India


DEHRADUN: Around 1200 tons of apples and potatoes have rotted in areas affected by the June flash floods in Uttarkhand as the Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN) could not move them to the markets due to poor connectivity of roads.

Many roads are still not in a passable state in the region. The GMVN has suffered huge losses.

GMVN's general manager of marketing Pratap Shah said, "GMVN had no option but to comply with the Government Order issued in August this year where we were asked to buy the apple at the minimum support price of Rs 30 and potato at Rs 15 per kg from the farmers in Uttarkashi, Tehri, Pauri, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Chakrata districts to support farmers and protect the produce. We employed a large workforce to collect the produce and stock them up in vacant houses. But it became difficult to transport it to markets in most cases because of bad roads."

He said that the alternate option of carrying the stock on mules and horses was unviable and very expensive. In some cases they hired vehicles but that proved expensive as drivers quoted higher prices to navigate broken roads. As a result most of the stock perished after lying piled up for months together and the remaining one is not saleable either.

He added the corporation suffered huge losses as the state government would pay only 25 % of the total amount, spent by GMVN in purchasing the bulk stock.

GMVN's managing director Rajesh Kumar said, "The state government selected us for the project as GMVN had its property and staff in remote places in the region. The objective of the project was noble as it was aimed at supporting the farmers who were devastated by the disaster and had no clue how to sell their produce. They were paid good minimum support price. But the entire project turned out to be a losing proposition for GMVN."


The Times of India, 25 December, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/1200-tons-of-apples-and-potatoes-rot-in-Uttarkhand/articleshow/27871831.cms


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