Cong slams Govt failing to manage the apple season

State Cong unit slammed the Jai Ram Government failing to manage the apple season and poor condition of road and posing frequent traffic jam.
General secretary HPCC , Rajneesh Kimta said in a press conference here today stating that  apple season is on full swing but the government of Himachal seems least bothered. 
Due to the monsoon there are a lot of places especially in rural areas( small link roads )where landslides are taking place and trucks loaded with Apple cartons have to wait for long on roads due to which the apple farmers are facing heavy losses.  Almost 3 lakh families which further multiplies to expectedly 15 lakh people of state are horticulturists and produce apples and are dependent on it for their living . The state government had promised the compensation to effected people due to snow disaster earlier this year which amounted to total losses of more than 200 crore but nothing has been done with regard to it and it also appears to be and addition to the list of jumlas by state government . 
He said that the centre government has decreased the import duties from 55 percent to 20 percent, which is directlyeffecting the sale of Indian apples , ruining the entire hard work of farmers by indirectly attacking the livelyhood of our farmers .
Both governments in centre as well as state are anti farmers . Kimta said that the input on maintaining apple orchardsare tirelessly increasing day by day and the government has stopped the subsidies on fertiliser which is a defective move  by government. adding to it Kimta has said that more over the increase in 60 percent to 300 percent rates of fertilisersand insecticides is an addition of burden to our horticulturists & farmers. 
The immense increase of more than 35 percent in rates of trays and cartons have jolted the apple producers ,despite of the fact that the minister for horticulture had assured the people of state for no rise in rates of it. 
He questioned the state government saying ,for what reason the World Bank Funds for Horticulture has been decreased from 1170 crores  to 600 crores, despite of the fact that major population is horticulturists and the money could be a helping hand with  facet to new development in the field of horticulture development .