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Kolar farmers protest

KOLAR: Led by Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS), scores of farmers laid siege to the office of the Joint Director of Agriculture here on Friday protesting against the alleged shortage of fertilizer in the district.

The activists resorted to dharna in front of the official’s chamber blocking movement of the officer and other staff. Although agricultural operations picked up in the district because of rainfall in the last few days, there was no sufficient supply of DAP and Complex fertilizers, KPRS taluk president Holur Shankar said.

He said the State Government had grossly neglected the district in this regard.

“If farmers did not get required fertilizer immediately, they can’t sow ragi as humidity in the soil may dry up,” he said.

Reacting to the agitation, in-charge Joint Director H. Subbaiah told presspersons that the supply of fertilizer to the district was hit because of shortage of diesel.

Many Kolar-bound trucks carrying the manure which left Chennai were held up midway because of diesel crisis, he said.

The supply position was expected to improve by Monday, Mr. Subbaiah said.

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