R'than Agri Min directs officials to probe factories involved in making fake fertilisers

Jaipur, May 29 (PTI) Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Kirodi Lal Meena has directed officials to thoroughly probe factories involved in making fake fertilisers in Ajmer's Kishangarh region. The minister, along with a team of officials, also conducted a surprise check at a factory, allegedly making fake fertilisers in Kishangarh town.

Meena said that there were several factories in the area making fake fertilisers like DAP and SSP and supplying them to farmers.

The minister and officials reached the factory and found raw as well as finished materials. Fertiliser bags with different brand names were stored in the factory.

"A team of officers and agriculture experts are with me. Fake fertilisers are being manufactured with soil. More than a dozen such plants are running in this area and they supply to various parts of Rajasthan," the minister said.

The minister directed officials to thoroughly investigate the matter.

He said that the plants have been set up for years and the matter will be investigated.

Meena said that through fake fertilisers of different brand names, farmers are being cheated. PTI SDA BAL BAL