In a large alleviation to farmers, the Centre has approved an further allocation of 1.17 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of imported urea to Telangana for September, pursuing repeated requests from the State government.
Of the further allotment, astir 60,000 MT is already successful transit, portion different 50,000 MT is expected to scope the State by adjacent week. So far, Telangana has received 1.44 lakh MT of urea during the existent month, according to officials.
The caller supplies are being routed done large ports, including Kakinada, Visakhapatnam, Gangavaram, Mangaluru, Jaigad and Krishnapatnam. The allocations see 15,900 MT from Kakinada, 37,650 MT from Visakhapatnam, 27,000 MT from Gangavaram, 8,100 MT from Mangaluru, 16,200 MT from Jaigad, and 13,000 MT from Krishnapatnam.
The State authorities has been pressing the Centre to guarantee creaseless proviso of fertilizers, peculiarly with the request increasing from the farmers and besides bully rains bringing much onshore into cultivation.
Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageshwar Rao personally met Union Chemicals Minister and elder officials successful Delhi aggregate times to item the urgent requirement, starring to the Centre’s affirmative response, an authoritative said.
Officials besides pointed retired that the Ramagundam Fertiliser Plant, 1 of the cardinal home sources of urea for Telangana, has been unopen down for the past 90 days owed to method reasons. The Minister has urged the Centre to expedite the restoration of operations astatine the unit, to which the Union authorities has reportedly responded favourably.
“We are ensuring that determination volition beryllium nary shortage of fertilizers and nary disruption to cultivation. Farmers request not worry. The State volition proceed to coordinate with the Centre to support uninterrupted urea supplies,” the Minister assured successful a connection here.
