The Horticulture department of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday said that apple crop has suffered a huge damage in different areas of the state in the last few days due to hailstorm.
All the development blocks of Shimla district, Ani development block of Kullu district and Karsog, Seraj, Gohar and Sundernagar the development blocks of Mandi district have suffered heavy losses, a spokesman of the Horticulture Department said.
He said instructions have been issued to the Regional Officers to take stock of the estimate of the damage caused by recent hailstorm. They have been asked to assess the loss along with the officials of Revenue department and send a detailed report to the Directorate of Horticulture department soon.
The department has advised the horticulturists covered under the weather-based crop insurance scheme to register their complaints or inform regarding the loss caused by the hailstorm to the Agricultural Insurance Company of India on toll-free number 1800-103-0061 so that they one of their representative could also be included in assessing the loss. The department has already directed the insurance company to assess the damage caused by the hailstorm.
