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Farmers nether the banner of Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS) staged a protestation astatine the Taluk Agriculture Produce Co-operative Marketing Society (TAPCMS) bureau adjacent Nehru Gunj Rural Police Station successful Kalaburagi connected Tuesday demanding capable proviso of DAP fertiliser to each farmers and opposing the artificial shortage and terms hike of fertilisers up of the kharif sowing season.
The protesters submitted a memorandum addressed to Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Home Minister Priyank Kharge done the Regional Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner and the Joint Director of Agriculture, Kalaburagi.
Shortage
Addressing the gathering astatine the agitation site, KPRS territory president Sharanbasappa Mamshetty said that the fertiliser shortage is not earthy but artificially created by traders and their agents.
“Farmers are moving from store to store with their Aadhaar cards lasting successful queues for 2 days and yet, they are being handed lone 2 bags of DAP. This is thing abbreviated of harassment. The State authorities indispensable measurement successful instantly and guarantee each husbandman gets the fertiliser helium needs earlier the sowing play is lost,” helium said.
Mr. Mamshetty besides warned that if the concern is not addressed urgently, the kharif harvest volition beryllium severely affected, pushing farmers deeper into indebtedness and distress.
“The State authorities cannot stay a soundless spectator portion traders loot farmers. Strict enactment indispensable beryllium taken against hoarders and achromatic marketplace operators,” helium added.
Training his guns connected the Union authorities implicit the steep emergence successful fertiliser prices, Mr. Mamshetty said that the Modi authorities has done distant with fertiliser subsidies and terms controls. And, the effect is plain for each to see.
“DAP has gone up to ₹1,490 from ₹1,350, Complex 10-26-26 to ₹2,250 from ₹2,025 and Complex 14-35-14 to ₹2,400 from ₹2,175. Every season, farmers are being bled dry,” helium said.
He pointed retired the interaction of planetary factors connected home prices.
“The warfare successful West Asia has affected DAP proviso internationally. But alternatively of shielding farmers from this shock, the Union authorities has near them to fend for themselves. This is simply a betrayal of the farming community,” helium said and demanded that the Central authorities instantly reconstruct subsidy enactment for Complex fertilisers.
Farmers successful distress
Meanwhile, the KPRS has powerfully condemned the nation-wide web of fertiliser traders looting farmers and pushing agriculture into deeper crisis. The organisation noted that arsenic the sowing play begins, farmers are facing an acute shortage of fertilisers and astatine respective places, they person been staging protests against companies and their section agents for hoarding and achromatic marketplace selling.
“Agriculture is already successful heavy distress. With soaring input costs and mounting debt, each husbandman household is facing an tremendous fiscal burden. The governments – some astatine the Centre and successful the State – which are liable for ensuring nutrient information and husbandman welfare, indispensable instantly retreat policies that are squeezing the beingness retired of the farming community,” KPRS person Sharanappa Pujari said.
Many farmers leaders, including Revanasiddappa Patil, Davu Birdar, Bhimsha Badadal and Siddu S.L., were contiguous during the agitation.
