‘No shortage of fertilizer’

The Agriculture Department have ruled out scarcity of fertilizers in the district.

K. V. Vetrimani, a farmer of Kottavadi, raised the issue of shortage of fertilizers in the cooperative societies at the farmers’ grievances day meeting and pleaded with the agricultural department officials to ensure adequate availability of fertilizers.

N. Elango, Joint Director of Agriculture, replied that the district wad adequate stock of all sorts of fertilizers. The district at present possessed about 12,900 tonnes of fertilizers, including urea 6,500 tonnes, DAP 5,000 tonnes and Potash 1,300 tonnes.

All the cooperative and private retail outlets have adequate stock of fertilizers across the district and the farmers need not worry about the same, Mr. Elango said.