Urea distributed at Rs 400 per bag
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 26 2011:
With a view to ensure availability of urea in all polling stations of Naoriya Pakhanglakpa constituency, local MLA RK Anand has distributed 160 bags of urea at subsidised rate at Malom Bazar today.
Even though the price of urea was fixed by the Government at Rs 420 per bag, the MLA paid for the labour and transportation charge and distributed urea at Rs 400 per bag to farmers of five polling station.
RK Anand said that he has so far distributed 800 bags of urea to farmers of his constituency.
Saying that he is a member of the monitoring committee set up by the Government to look into the hoarding and sale of fertilizers at inflated prices, Anand said that necessary measures would be taken up to ensure availability of fertilizers in all constituencies in equitable manner.