Extending a helping manus to the pome growers successful disaster-hit Dharali, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami connected Saturday (September 20, 2025) said the State authorities volition bargain apples of the ‘royal delicious’ assortment from them astatine ₹51 per kg and of the ‘red delicious’ and different varieties astatine ₹45 per kg.
Mr. Dhami has issued orders to the State agriculture and farmers' payment section to instrumentality the announcement immediately.
Grade C apples person been excluded from the ambit of the announcement.
The August 5 cloudburst successful Dharali and adjoining Harsil, successful which the full of Dharali was washed retired by a mudslide, dealt a large stroke to the area's pome growers who mislaid overmuch of their harvest.
The announcement by Mr. Dhami volition beryllium a large alleviation to them, an authoritative merchandise said. Apples grown successful this country are overmuch successful request countrywide.
A circular issued by the Chief Minister's bureau directed the caput successful the agriculture and farmers’ payment section to guarantee contiguous enactment and contented a authorities bid granting fiscal and administrative support for the move.
The Chief Minister said helium should beryllium informed astir the presumption of compliance of the order.
