Srinagar- The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday pegged the losses caused by the flood to agriculture and allied sectors at Rs 209 crore, and said a report would be sent to the Centre with a request for relief.

“Agriculture and allied sectors have suffered losses of Rs 209 crore. We have sent this assessment to the Centre, and we are hopeful that we will get something,” said Agriculture Minister Javed Dar in the state assembly, responding to a question by PDP MLA from Pulwama, Waheed Para.

Para demanded that the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) loans of farmers be waived as they had suffered losses due to the inclement weather and the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in August.

“It will be a burden of Rs 600 crore. I hope the chief minister will consider this,” the PDP MLA sai

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