In 15 years, 395 tons of fertilizers were spoiled on 28 cooperative societies of the district. When the case has come into the light of officers, a letter immediately sent to the District Agriculture Officer to collect the sample. Teams of the Agriculture Department went to 12 cooperative societies for sample collection of fertilizer and sent it to the laboratory. The big question is who is responsible for this loss. According to the officers, the damaged fertilizers will be sent to the research center or fertilizer companies.
Assistant Registrar, Arvind Kumar Dube, during the inspection in the cooperative societies, found that the fertilizer left in the stock is not cultivable anymore. On this, he expressed vexation to many secretaries. Secretaries said that this fertilizer has been kept in stock for many years. In this regard, year-wise records have been sought about the stock so that the responsibility of the secretaries can be fixed.
Assistant Registrar, Arvind Kumar Dube said that 395 metric ton of fertilizer damaged and is not cultivable anymore. We will investigate and take strict action against the responsible one. Samples have been taken from 12 cooperative societies. The rest of the societies will also be examined by taking samples.
The letter is written to the district agricultural officer:
Assistant Registrar, Arvind Kumar Dube, recently wrote a letter to District Agriculture Officer Dipin Kumar in which he requested to check the sample of fertilizers left in stock. On this, samples were taken from 12 cooperative societies to identify the remaining ingredients in it. The fertilizer will be disposed of after the submission of the District Agricultural Officer’s report.
No monitoring of leftover fertilizer
In the investigation of cooperative societies for the leftover stock, it was found that the stock is too much in some societies while some are left with only a few bags of fertilizers. 61 bags of spoiled Urea fertilizer found in Purdil Nagar society. While the number of rotten urea in Hasaayan is 67. Same condition for other cooperative societies also.
This is how fertilizer spoiled:
There are 28 cooperative societies in the district responsible for the distribution of fertilizer to the farmers. As per the rule, the leftover stock should be disposed of in the same year, but it was not done. The stock was increase year after year and finally, it was dumped in a corner after farmers refused to take it. So far, 395 metric ton of fertilizer has spoiled and converted to stone on all units. Neither the officer nor the secretary and the staff were worried about the deteriorating fertilizer.