Quoting small business owners and vegetable sellers at the main market in the town of Rudraprayag, Eilia Jafar of Care India told IPS that farmers are already starting to feel the crunch of scant agricultural yields. “The number of daily wage labourers coming to the main market has reduced to a great extent,” Jafar told IPS. Road conditions have deteriorated significantly since the floods: some roads were washed away altogether and others have been made impassable by debris, which is having an extremely “negative impact on the market and economy,” Jafar added. ipsnews.net/2013/07/will-prayers-save-farmers-in-the-land-of-the-gods/
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 07:23:36 +0000