Control room to monitor fertiliser situation

The agriculture ministry yesterday opened a control room to monitor the fertiliser situation across the country. 

People will be able to contact the control room for any fertiliser-related queries and lodge complaints against irregularities, the ministry said in a press release. The control room will remain open from 8:00am to 11:00pm every day.

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The ministry took the initiative at a time when farmers in many parts of the country are complaining that they are not getting fertilisers at the stipulated price.

The agriculture ministry says there is no shortage of fertilisers in Bangladesh and the current stock is higher than in the same period last year.

On August 25, the stock of urea fertiliser stood at 6.56 lakh tonnes while there were 3.94 lakh tonnes of triple superphosphate (TSP), 8.23 lakh tonnes of diammonium phosphate (DAP), and 2.73 lakh tonnes of muriate of potash (MOP).

For the current Aman season, the ministry puts the demand for urea fertilisers at 6.19 lakh tonnes, TSP at 1.19 lakh tonnes, DAP at 2.25 lakh tonnes, and MOP at 1.37 lakh tonnes.