Shimla, July 17 -- The Apple Farmers' Federation of India (AFFI) expresses its shock and utter dismay at the ongoing felling of trees by the Himachal Pradesh (HP) forest department at the instructions of a High Court order dated July 17, 2025.

According to a release, the state committee of AFFI, HP Seb Utpadak Sangh will mobilise all the affected apple growers for a massive rally to the Shimla Secretariat on July 29 demanding an end to the terrorising evictions and felling of 50-year-old apple trees.

While the deforestation is still underway, it is being reported that 4,000 apple trees on 300 bighas (60 acres) of allegedly encroached land in the Shimla-Rohru apple belt will face the axe just two months before the harvesting season in Se...