Delhi's Azadpur Fruit Market Sees Record Supply Of Kashmiri Apples Despite Terrorist Threat To Non-Local Transporters, Traders

The Azadpur wholesale fruit market in Delhi has seen record highest arrival of trucks carrying apples from Jammu and Kashmir, despite a sense of fear prevailing in the region after the deaths of three non-Kashmiri truckers and traders in within two days. On Friday morning, 350 trucks carrying Kashmiri apples found takers in the market, with the number being on a rise since Wednesday. On Wednesday, 180 trucks arrived in the Azadpur market whereas the number increased to 350 the next day and remained 350 till Friday morning. This, amid a report that the apple export from Kashmir had dipped by 1.35 lakh metric tonnes till 9 October from what it was in the same period last year, has taken many by surprise. Last year, the number of trucks that arrived daily in the market ranged from 300 to 350.