{"id":16467,"date":"2026-04-06T19:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=16467"},"modified":"2026-04-06T19:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:15:14","slug":"intense-hailstorm-leaves-bandipora-farmers-grappling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/intense-hailstorm-leaves-bandipora-farmers-grappling\/","title":{"rendered":"Intense hailstorm leaves Bandipora farmers grappling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bandipora, Apr 06:\u00a0<\/strong>A sudden and intense hailstorm lashed several upper areas of Bandipora district, damaging standing crops and causing losses to farmers, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The worst-hit areas included Arin and Dardpora, where large stretches of orchards were battered by heavy hailstones.<\/p>\n<p>Locals said the brief but severe storm flattened crops, particularly orchards and early-season produce, leaving farmers distressed at a time when they were expecting a good yield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin minutes, everything was destroyed. We had invested our savings in these fields, and now there is nothing left to harvest,\u201d a farmer from Arin said.<\/p>\n<p>Another resident said, \u201cThis is our only source of livelihood. The government must step in and compensate us for the losses we have suffered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farmers demanded immediate assessment and compensation, stating that many families in the affected areas depend entirely on agriculture for survival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are already struggling, and such disasters push us further into crisis. Authorities should conduct a proper survey and provide relief without delay,\u201d a local from Dardpora said.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Indu Kanwal Chib, visited the affected areas and assessed the damage. She directed the concerned departments to carry out a detailed assessment of the losses<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandipora, Apr 06:\u00a0A sudden and intense hailstorm lashed several upper areas of Bandipora district, damaging standing crops and causing losses to farmers, officials said. The worst-hit areas included Arin and Dardpora, where large stretches of orchards were battered by heavy hailstones. Locals said the brief but severe storm flattened crops, particularly orchards and early-season produce, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16470,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16467\/revisions\/16470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}