The Jammu & Kashmir Government on Monday claimed that the terrorists are trying to disrupt 'apple economy' to trigger resentment among public.
Twitter handle of the Department of Information and Public relations late Monday evening posted a tweet saying, "Ultras went to a large apple orchard in Village Wattoo, Shopian, threatened owner, unloaded apple consignment & directed that apple crop should not be shipped". The Government spokesman said, "This is the first such incident ever. where attempt is made to disrupt apple economy & create resentment among public" .The authorities also refuted reports about shortage of life-saving drugs at SMHS Hospital in Srinagar. The administration claimed that there was sufficient medicines to sustain for a month and a half. The administration shared the drug controller report which said that medicines worth Rs 31.76 crore were supplied to pharmaceutical dealers and distributors in the Valley in the last 35 days and stocks were being replenished regularly.
Areas, where local residents have created road blocks, to prevent entry of security forces also remained peaceful barring few odd incidents of protest demonstrations.
Apart from that, 30,000 LPG cylinders were distributed in Srinagar in the last four days.