‘No shortage of fertiliser’

Commissioner Maryam Khan said that there was no shortage of fertiliser urea across the division.

She made the assessment while chairing a review meeting regarding demand and supply in the division at the Commissioner's Office, here on Wednesday.

The commissioner directed the deputy commissioners of all four districts to make sure sale of fertiliser at fixed prices and indiscriminate action should be taken against those dealers who were selling fertilisers at exorbitant rates.

The commissioner also issued orders to continue crackdown against the sellers of counterfeit fertilisers and spurious pesticides.

Agriculture Director Shahid Hussain briefed the meeting and said the set target of sowing wheat in all four districts had been achieved.

During the last three-month, there was a demand of 1.3 million bags of urea across the division.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 5^th, 2023.