Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 14:
Violence erupted at Oinam area under Nambol Police Station tonight with angry people who could not get sufficient fertilisers pelting stones at the house of fertiliser dealers.
The agitated people of the area have also resolved to take recourse to calling bandh and blockade, if adequate fertiliser is not made available to the farmers within August 16.One A Sobha, who identified himself as the fertiliser agent of Oinam area told The Sangai Express that apart from distributing 100 bags of fertilisers some two-three days back from the Nambol Police Station, no more fertiliser has been made available to the farmers.
Only a few lucky ones got their share of their fertilizer from the 100 bags provided.
Majority of the farmers have not get any fertilizer till today.
This has infuriated the farmers to no end thus resulting in the stone pelting incident at the house of the dealer identified as L Bijoy this evening.
The angry people also gheraoed the family members demanding to know why fertilizer has not been distributed any further.
If the Govt do not may arrangement for providing adequate fertilizer to the farmers within August, the aggrieved farmers would resorted to calling bandh and blockade, Sobha announced.