J&K Govt fails to provide fertilizer to farmers in sowing season: Sukhnandan
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JAMMU: As the farmers in Jammu are already in trouble due to untimely rainfall and winds and now the acute shortage of Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) fertilizers has added more worries to them, the former Minister and senior BJP leader Choudhary Sukhnandan Kumar on Saturday accused the government of ignoring this serious issue which is related to the livelihood of these poor farmers in Jammu region.
The Ex-BJP minister said the Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) was very much needed during sowing period. Since for the last several years, the farmers in Jammu region are facing natural calamities like thunderstorms and heavy rains, now the UT government has created another trouble for them.
“During the LG rule in J&K, we have never suffered such types of problems and in case of any issue, the things were resolved in days,” said Sukhnandan, the present government is totally ignorant of the farmers’ issues especially of the farmers of Jammu region. Now no one is here to listen to the plight of the farmers, said Sukhnandan.
Our Prime Minister Narendra Bhai Modi and LG Manoj Sinha have always supported farmers in J&K. However, this time, the sowing season will go waste as J&K government is totally ignorant of major trouble of this scarcity of DAP fertilizer.
The farmers here are facing hardships to get fertilizer during the sowing season “, said Sukhnandan Kumar adding that the government is deliberately showing shortage fertilizer because of hefty commission from other fertilizer companies which produce and manufacture the fertilizer in neighbouring states.
The senior BJP leader said that given the non- availability of sufficient DAP fertilizer at depot/dealer’s shop, either the farmers are compelled to purchase the fertilizer from neighbouring states especially Punjab or buy from black-market at over prices.
“There can be a nexus between the government, who may have been getting huge commission from the private fertilizer manufacturers,” the ex-minister Sukhnandan Kumar alleged, adding, “We are seeking the intervention of the LG Manoj Singh to assure the availability of DAP fertilizer at the time of its need.”
