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Floriculture badly hit amid COVID-19 lockdown, flower growers demand compensation

Video Credit: ANI - Duration: 02:18s - Published
Floriculture badly hit amid COVID-19 lockdown, flower growers demand compensation

Floriculture badly hit amid COVID-19 lockdown, flower growers demand compensation

Flower growers in Dehradun are incurring losses as they are unable to sell their products amid COVID-19 lockdown.

Flowers are decaying in the fields as demand has stopped and it cannot be stored.

Farmers demanded financial support from the government.

Speaking to ANI, ploy house Supervisor Hargovind said, "There are various varieties of plants here.

I could not find labourers, and then bad weather destroyed the plants.

Only 20% of total produce is left".


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