Extending a helping hand to the apple growers in disaster-hit Dharali, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday (September 20, 2025) said the State government will buy apples of the ‘royal delicious’ variety from them at ₹51 per kg and of the ‘red delicious’ and other varieties at ₹45 per kg.
Mr. Dhami has issued orders to the State agriculture and farmers' welfare department to implement the announcement immediately.
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Grade C apples have been excluded from the ambit of the announcement.
The August 5 cloudburst in Dharali and adjoining Harsil, in which the whole of Dharali was washed out by a mudslide, dealt a major blow to the area's apple growers who lost much of their harvest.
