Badal appeals to Modi to increase supply of Urea in Punjab

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today urged the Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi for seeking his personal intervention to step up the supplies of urea to Punjab in order to make up the shortfall of 1,47,843 MTs.
In a letter to Mr. Modi, the Chief Minister apprised him that the State Agriculture Department has time and again requested the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, GoI to hasten the supplies of Urea to Punjab, but unfortunately these were still slow and tardy. He impressed upon Mr. Modi to advice the concerned officials of the Ministry to keep this shortfall in view while making allocation supplies of urea to Punjab for the month of December 2014.
Expressing grave concern over this issue, the Chief Minister told Mr. Modi that the farmers of Punjab were experiencing acute shortage of Urea in sowing their Rabi 2014-15 crops. He mentioned that the Punjab has received only 5,24,807 MTs of Urea up to November 30, 2014 as against its demand and allocation 6,72,650 MTs, leaving a shortfall of 1,47,843 MTs. "Such a huge gap is not only adversely affecting sowing of Wheat but also creating unrest among the farmers," said Mr. Badal.
The Chief Minister reiterated his request by imploring Mr. Modi to issue necessary instructions to the Ministry without any further delay to bail out the Punjabi farmers from the impending crisis arising out of scarcity of Urea.