Nitish blames Centre for urea shortage

14/09/2011

Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday blamed the Centre for the current urea crisis in Bihar.
Reacting to the shortage of fertilizer in several places for example, Jehanabad, Nawada etc the chief minister said on Monday that the misallocation of urea has led to a severe shortage in Bihar, with its farmers bearing the brunt of this myopic policy.

He said that the Union Ministers themselves have admitted that Bihar’s share of urea was being given to Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Due to shortage in market, urea is being sold at two to three times more price in the black market.

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