BHUBANESWAR: The State Government blamed the Centre for not supplying required quantity of fertilisers even as Congress demanded an impartial inquiry by an Assembly Committee into the artificial scarcity created for blackmarketing it and the failure of the administration to check this. The issue cropped up in the Assembly on Thursday through an adjournment motion of the Congress. Alleging that adequate quantity of fertilisers was available with the State Government, deputy Congress leader Narasingh Mishra said the problem arose because of the absence of a supply channel. Quoting a letter written by Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Ram Vilas Paswan, Mishra said fertiliser supply was more than the requirement in July except the NKP variety. During his visit to Athgarh, he found that fertiliser was not supplied to the farmers even though it was available with the district administration. Alleging that artificial scarcity has been created to blackmarket it, Mishra criticised the Government for its failure to stop it. His party colleagues Netranand Mallick, Umesh Swain, Sitakant Mohapatra and Satya Bhusan Sahu also alleged that an artificial scarcity of fertilisers has been created by the State Government to politicise the issue and help the blackmarketeers. Raising call-attention notice, BJD and BJP members denied the charges that sufficient quantity of fertilisers was available with the Government. Supplying urea in July has no meaning as it is not used during the month rather it is Gromore which was needed in July and was not available in sufficient quantity, they said. Agriculture Minister Surendra Nath Nayak blamed the Centre for the impasse. He said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had drawn the attention of the Centre to the matter several times and also written letters. Blaming the non-availability of railway rakes for supply of fertilisers to the State, Nayak said he had taken up the matter with railway authorities. However, he was told that availability of rakes would not be easy as movement of fertilisers is not a commercial activity. Nayak said he had drawn the attention of the Centre to this.