Srinagar, Sept. 15 -- The apple growers in Kashmir are staring at huge losses this year as floods and continued closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway has disrupted the peak harvest season, enmeshing growers and truckers in uncertainty.Bashir Ahmad Basheer, chairman of the Kashmir Valley Fruit Growers and Dealers Union said the fruit growers and traders have suffered losses worth between Rs 500 to 1000 crores due to floods and continued closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway."If this continues, the entire season will suffer, and our sector will collapse," he said.Packaging costs have risen to Rs 200 for a carton of apples, from 40 rupees earlier, for example.In South Kashmir, swollen rivers broke their banks, flooding orchards and leaving behind up...