New Delhi: The Mustard Fields of Kashmir has turn into a brand new attraction for vacationers within the valley. Round 1.four lakh hectares of land within the valley is embracing its magnificence in yellow color, the land is stuffed with mustard flowers which showcase Karshmir’s magnificence within the spring season.
Kashmir is a hub of vacationers who come to discover nature’s great thing about the town. This time the place is welcoming vacationers with new sights, it’s a mustard subject of Kashmir, the place tons of of persons are visiting to see the sector purpose, particularly on the time of Spring. This season is taken into account the very best time to witness the heavenly valley flip right into a floral wonderland.
The mustard fields within the Pampore space which can be identified for its finest saffron have turn into an enormous attraction for the vacationers visiting the Kashmir Valley. Guests travelling in to the Pahalgam and Gulmarg should cease on the Nationwide freeway to go to these fields. Vacationers are seen recreating the scenes from the Bollywood blockbuster ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’.
Radhika Sharma, a vacationer from Delhi mentioned “It is so lovely right here and I’ve seen the mustard fields within the Bollywood film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. It is very lovely, we noticed Tulip Backyard additionally, however this can be a pure magnificence, and everybody ought to discover it. I didn’t count on this and whereas we have been on our approach to Pahalgam we noticed the fields stopped in order that I might take photos. Kashmiris are the politest and kindest folks in the entire nation.”
Vacationers largely visiting resorts like Pahalgam and Gulmarg cease at these mustard fields to discover the sweetness and seize it within the digicam. Now an enormous variety of vacationers go to these fields within the north in addition to in south Kashmir.
The federal government’s Nationwide Oilseeds Mission additionally plans to develop oilseed cultivation, notably mustard within the Kashmir Valley. The Nationwide Oilseeds Mission goals to develop oilseed cultivation to 140,000 hectares by 2023-24, a exceptional 253.12% enhance.
The agricultural officer knowledgeable us that they’re focussing on rising the mustard farming and round 500 hectares of land they occupied this yr for mustard farming.
“Particularly on this nationwide freeway the place we now have began agro-tourism. These are the identical fields for saffron as properly, and a whole lot of vacationers go to this place within the spring season to witness the mustard subject and take photos. This farming additionally helps honeybees to extend the apiculture,” Ishtiaq Ahmad Bhat, Agriculture Officer mentioned.
The federal government of Jammu and Kashmir is working onerous so as to add increasingly locations to draw vacationers who’re visiting to return to the Kashmir Valley and wish to enhance oil manufacturing additionally.
