Fertiliser stock sufficient to meet demands: Govt

WITH the opposition BJD mounting a scathing attack over black marketing of fertilisers during peak kharif operation, the state government on Sunday said there was sufficient stock of chemical soil nutrients available in all districts.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bhubaneswar

The clarification came in the wake of leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik seeking intervention of the central government to resolve the fertiliser crisis by cracking down on traders indulging in black marketing in cahoot with officials of the Agriculture and Cooperation departments.

A clarification issued by the Agriculture department said the fertiliser position in the state was comfortable with a current stock of 2.56 lakh tonne in the districts (Urea: 0.86 lakh tonne; DAP: 0.56 lakh tonne; MOP: 0.19 lakh tonne; SSP: 0.13 lakh tonne and NP/NPK/NPKS: 0.79 lakh tonne).