Summary:
Chennai, Oct 22 (PTI) With a shortfall in the supply of nutrients, particularly Urea, di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) and muriate of potash (MOP) to Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday urged the Centre to provide additional 25,000 metric tonnes of DAP and 10,000 MT of MOP to the State to save the farm sector from a crisis.
He said already the State did not get the entire quantum of fertilisers allocated to it from April to September this year and also for October.
"Samba crop cultivation is a very important season in Tamil Nadu.
This year, the State government has fixed a target of 125 lakh MT of food grains production including rice and pulses and initiated measures in this direction," the Chief Minister said in a letter to Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
The shortage in the supply of urea and DAP will not only severely affect the food grains production but also corrode the farmers" revenue, he reasoned.
An official release said the Chief Minister pointed out that Tamil Nadu received widespread rains during the current Southwest Monsoon season and the Mettur dam was opened as scheduled on June 12 to facilitate the agriculture activities in the Delta districts.