A day after CM Naveen Patnaik urged the Union Chemicals and Fertiliser Ministry to allocate 45,000 metric tonnes (MT) of urea to meet the demand of farmers in the State, the Ministry on Thursday allocated an additional quantity of 25,000 MT of urea over and above the existing allocation for the month of September.
“As per the information available with us, against the projected requirement of 1.03 lakh MT of urea for September, supply plan was issued by Department for Fertilisers for 1.08 lakh MT and 50,000 MT of urea has already been dispatched to the State so far till September 15 during the current month,” said Chemicals and Fertiliser Ministry Joint Secretary SK lohani in a letter to State Agriculture Secretary Rajesh Verma.
lohani said that the additional 25,000 MT of urea has been assigned to various companies, which would be dispatched though 10 rakes. The consignments would reach the State by Sep 25, he added.