Unavailability of urea makes farmers protest
Farmers staged a demonstration to protest the unavailability of urea fertiliser here on Tuesday. They blocked the Choubara Road and threw traffic out of gear by setting tyres ablaze for around three hours. The urea fertiliser has been in short supply for the past two months, and dealers are selling it in black for Rs900 to Rs1,000 per bag. However, some lucky peasants having government permits get urea at Rs675 per bag, but only after remaining queued up for hours.