Thousands of fruit growers today protest at Sopore Fruit Mandi due to landslide in National Highway Fruit growers and traders at Sopore Fruit Mandi, Asia’s second largest fruit market, staged a peaceful protest on Monday The protesters demanded immediate restoration of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which has remained closed due to landslides for several days. They said the continuous closure has stranded hundreds of trucks loaded with apples and pears, causing huge financial losses during the peak fruit season. Protesters appealed to the government to take urgent steps to restore traffic on the highway and ensure smooth transportation of horticultural produce visual and byte