Shimla, September 26: Apple crop is set to break all past records in Himachal Pradesh with production crossing 3.85 crore boxes during the current marketing season of June to October, officials said today.
The production was about 90 lakh boxes more than the highest production of 2.67 crore standard boxes (each box comprising 20 kg) in 2007 and almost three times more than the 1.30 crore boxes produced in 2009.
About three crore boxes had already been sent to various markets across the country while 90 lakh to one crore boxes were yet to be sent to the market.
About 40 lakh boxes were stranded in Jubbal-Kotkhai areas due to a massive landslide on Shimla-Jubbal road near Gumma, 50 km from here. The road was closed last evening as a 200-metre stretch of the road was washed away and hundreds of apple-laden trucks got stuck en route.
–Agencies