Dealers sell urea at exorbitant prices
Local dealers are selling urea fertiliser at exorbitant prices in Jagannathpur upazila, much to the worries of the growers.
Farmers alleged that the dealers are making a huge profit by creating artificial scarcity in the upazila.
At Sridharpasha village, they said that a dealer shop at Sridharpasha Mohammadganj Bazar remained closed for over two weeks, depriving a large number of farmers of 11 villages.
Sultan Mia, a farmer of Balikandi village, said that the dealers are selling 50 kgs of urea fertiliser between Tk 650 and Tk 700 ignoring the government fixed rate of Tk 600.
Upazila agriculture office sources said there are nine fertiliser dealers and 23 sub-dealers in the upazila. They were allocated 640 tons of fertiliser for the month of February.
Siddiqur Rahman, a dealer of Kalkalia union, said that he received 30 tons of fertiliser till last week although he was allocated 70 tons.
Hasan Bin Shaheed, upazila deputy assistant agriculture officer, said they served show cause notice on the dealers responsible for selling the fertiliser at high prices.
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