Karnataka blames Centre for shortage of fertilizers
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also accused the Centre as being 'anti farmer' and alleged that the Centre was not supplying the required quantity of fertilizers. 'There has been no response to the State's request for more fertilizers. A week ago, the State requested the Centre to supply additional quantities,' the Chief Minister said in Maddur.
Among the reasons cited for the shortage in the State are that sowing began before the normal period owing to good and early rains and also that the sowing area expanded, increasing the demand for urea.
The cultivation of maize increased by an estimated 2 lakh hectares and in Dharwad and Gadag districts re-sowing has been done on 13,000 hectares. The sowing commenced earlier because the command areas of the Krishna, the Cauvery, and the Tungabhadra received water, the department said.
In the last three years, the department said, the Centre had supplied all fertilizers without considering the stock available and that there had also been no shortage of urea. This year, the Centre has considered the opening stocks. This resulted in the supply of 11.17 lakh tonnes of urea in this kharif season as against the demand for 12.95 lakh tonnes. Between April and July, as against the demand for 3.02 lakh tonnes of DAP, the Centre supplied 2.21 lakh tonnes. With respect to urea, as against the demand for 6.8 lakh tonnes between April and July, the Centre has supplied 5.35 lakh tonnes.
'The State has managed to supply all the fertilizers received from the Centre across all districts. Since April, the State has appealed to the Centre for demand-linked supply of fertilizers six times. The officials have been seeking fertilizers during the weekly video conferences. The Agriculture Minister has not only written to the Union Fertilizers Minister, but also met the Union Agriculture Minister on July 7,' the release said. Further, Mr. Siddaramaiah has also written to the Union Fertilizers Minister on July 17 and 25 considering the shortage, it added.
'When the shortage of DAP was noticed, on the instructions of Agriculture Minister (N. Cheluvarayaswamy), the shortage was overcome by creating awareness among the farmers on the use of alternative nano fertilizer,' it said.
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