Rayees is a social worker and a Community Correspondent with our KashmirUnheard team. He lives in a village called Shadimarg in Pulwama, one of the most disturbed parts of the Kashmir valley. Coming from a region mired in conflict, Rayees has been covering the unrest in Kashmir for two years now. He strongly identifies himself as a feminist, and is…

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India's state of Jammu and Kashmir exported more than 2 million metric ton of Apples in a year before the global pandemic COVID-19 struck, according to government figures. A significant population of Kashmiris depend on the horticulture industry of which production and export of Apples is a major part.

First, the abrogation of Article 370 put a sudden brake in the transportation and storage of Apples produced in the 2019 season. Later, another lockdown in the form of COVID-19 put a double blow to the already struggling industry.

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