No shortage of alternative fertilizers in Chhattisgarh: official

Raipur, Jul 5 (PTI) There is no shortage of alternative fertilizers in Chhattisgarh and one lakh bottles of Nano DAP are being made available at cooperative society outlets, an official said on Saturday.

In view of the demand for various types of chemical fertilizers for the Kharif season, the Chhattisgarh government is constantly monitoring the supply, storage and distribution of chemical fertilizers, he said.

"To deal with the shortage of diammonium phosphate (DAP), the government has ensured the availability of alternative fertilizers like NPK, Super Phosphate and Nano DAP. So far, 12.27 lakh metric tonnes of various types of fertilizers have been stocked so that farmers have adequate fertilizer on time in the Kharif season," the official said.

A target to distribute 14.62 lakh metric tonnes of fertilizers -- 7.12 lakh urea, 3.10 lakh DAP, 1.80 lakh NPK, 60,000 potash and two lakh metric tonnes of super phosphate -- was set for the Kharif 2025 season and at present 12.27 lakh metric tonnes have been stocked, he said.

Due to the shortage of DAP, the target of fertilizer distribution was revised, and that of other alternative fertilizers like NPK, Single Super Phosphate (SSP) was significantly increased by 4.62 lakh metric tonnes. As a result, the target of distribution of various types of chemical fertilizers in this Kharif season stands at 17.18 lakh metric tonnes, the official said.

Currently 1.86 lakh metric tonnes of urea is available for distribution.

"In view of national-level reduction in the import of DAP, the state government has taken concrete steps to increase the supply of alternative fertilizers in time, due to which the target for NPK was increased to 4.90 lakh and that for super phosphate to 3.53 lakh metric tonnes.

Chhattisgarh will get a total of 2.33 lakh metric tonnes of fertilizers in July as per the supply plan which includes urea (1.25 lakh metric tonnes), DAP (48,850 metric tonnes), NPK (34,380 metric tonnes), potash (10,000 metric tonnes) and super phosphate (76,000 metric tonnes). PTI COR KRK