Over two weeks ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government on August 5, 2019, passed the Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Bill 2019 with 370 members of parliaments (MPs) voting in favour and 70 against it. With the Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Bill 2019 stripping the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, now Jammu and Kashmir will have its own legislature and while Ladakh will be without legislature.

Continuous lockdown in #JammuandKashmir is having a big impact on apple farming in the Valley. With the harvesting season just round the corner, Kashmiri apple growers are a worried lot.

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— IANS Tweets (@ians_india) August 22, 2019

But the continuous lockdown in the valley is having a massive impact on the livelihood of people with apple farmers bring worries due to the harvest season being just around the corner. Shophin and Kulgam, the twin districts located in South Kashmir, which are the major apple growing centres where people grow apples on a large scale are sure as to what lies in store.