Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sought Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya’s intervention for smoothening supply of fertilisers to the State as per the monthly agreed plan and clearance of backlog of previous months due to short supply of fertilisers in May, June & July.
In a letter to Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, the Chief Minister thanked the Department for the allocation of fertilizers in the monthly movement supply plans as per the requirement of the State and supply during the month of April and said that during the current May, June & July there has been severe short supply of different fertilizers.”
“During the current Kharif till date the State has received only 1,45,145 MT of urea against the allocation of 2,31,530 MT and agreed supply plan of 2,10,000 MT. Similarly during the period the State has received 97,763 MT of DAP against the allocation of 1,52,000 MT and agreed supply plan of 1,45,000 MT.
Also, 42,867 MT of MOP and 1,05,798 MT of NPKS has been supplied against the allocation of 67,200 MT and 1,68,400 and agreed supply plan of 60,000 MT and 1,42,000 MT respectively, said the CM in the letter.
The Odisha CM further stated overall the supply of urea has been 62% against the allocation and 69% against the agreed supply plan. For other fertilizers it is also 60% to 74%. The farmers in the State have suffered severe crop loss due to recent past YAAS and several cyclonic storms during the previous years. Therefore to optimize their production the supply of the most critical input i.e. fertilizer should be as per requirement.
As mid-July to September is the peak consumption period for urea in the State and July to August is the peak period of demand for all other fertilizers, the short supply of fertilizers to the state at this juncture will adversely affect the agricultural production in the state and unnecessarily invite law and order situation in most of the districts, he added.
Hence, the Odisha CM requested the personal intervention of Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in the matter for supply of fertilizers to the state as per the monthly agreed supply plan including the backlog of the previous months for smooth distribution in the greater interest of the farmers.
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