The farmers of Umarkote Tehsil in Nabarangpur district staged a dharna and blocked the Umarkote-Nabarangpur highway in protest against shortage of fertilisers in the area.
A few days back, the farmers had taken out a rally in the town demanding adequate supply of fertilisers in the Tehsil and also demonstrated in front of the local agriculture office. Later, they had called off the stir following assurance from the agricultural officials that adequate quantity of fertilisers would be supplied wiyh in a few days. However, as the words were not kept, the agitation was against held. Vehicular traffic was disrupted for several hours in the town following the blockade.
They also enforced the local agriculture officer to walk with them in their rally for 2km. Local Tehsildar, BAO and higher police officials rushed to the spot and rescued the agriculture officer and further assured to supply sufficient fertilisers to all farmers by Wednesday.