SRINAGAR: Scores of farmers in the Kakapora belt of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district are yet to harvest their paddy crop this season – not because they don’t want to, but because the entire yield was destroyed in the September floods and is now lying rotten in water-logged fields. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

Farmers said that almost two months have passed since the floods, yet large portions of agricultural land in Kakapora are still submerged.

“We haven’t even been able to step into our fields. The paddy has turned black and rotten. There is no point in cutting it now as it is totally useless,” said Abdul Rashid, a farmer from Kakapora.

Farmers said they were hoping that the government would announce a “realistic” compensation package to help them recover

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