Punjab Government on claimed that there was no shortage of urea in the state as 85 percent urea has already been made available to the farmers during current Rabi season.
The government spokesperson said that Punjab requires 12.50 lakh metric tons of urea in current Rabi season till January 31, 2019, against which 10.60 lakh tons of urea has already reached the state.
Another 40,000 metric tons of urea shall arrive in the State in next four days, said the spokesperson adding that the balance quantity of urea has already been tied up to arrive in the days to come.
Sufficient quantity of urea has already been made available in the state’s cooperative societies, said the spokesperson. “Against the total demand of 5.81 lakh tons of urea in the cooperative sector, a quantity of 5.04 lakh tons, which is 87 percent of urea, has already been supplied to the cooperative societies,” added the spokesperson.
The State Government is closely monitoring the supplies and sales of urea to the farmers in the State and there is no question of any shortage, said the spokesperson.