Muktsar, November 7

As there is acute shortage of DAP, farmers are forced to stand in queues outside fertiliser shops for hours in Muktsar. DAP is needed for sowing wheat and farmers are having a harrowing time due to its shortage. The sowing season started from November 1.

After a shop was vandalised, police have been deployed to control the situation. Farmers said they were neither getting DAP from cooperative societies nor from fertiliser shops.

On Saturday, 49,000 bags of DAP had arrived at the local railway station. However, 29,000 bags were sent to Faridkot district. Mandar Singh, a farmer of Dhulkot village, said, “I stood in the queue for almost entire day but had to return empty-handed in the evening.” Rajbir Singh of Sarainaga village said, “We need DAP while sowing wheat but the authorities concerned are least bothered” The situation is similar in Gidderbaha. — TNS