Mehbooba Mufti Raises Alarm Over Devastating Leaf Miner Pest Ravaging Kashmiri Farmers’ Crops

People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said that Kashmiri farmers are struggling to contain a brutal leaf miner pest that has inflicted catastrophic damage on their crops.

In a Tweet, Mehbooba Mufti said that the farmers are in a state of utter despair and despondency

She appealed to the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and department concerned to intervene into the matter.

“Kashmir’s farmers are struggling to contain a brutal leaf miner pest thats inflicted catastrophic damage on their crops. They are in a state of utter despair & despondency,” she tweeted.