Port Blair, Sept. 28: The State President BJP, Shri. Ajoy Bairagi has written a letter to the Hon’ble Lt. Governor, A&N Islands, Secretary (Agriculture) and the Director (Agriculture) has requested to immediately distribute & supply Fertilizers & Pesticides to the famers of the Islands.
Bairagi said that the farmers of Andaman & Nicobar Islands have suffered heavy losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent heavy rainfall in the past months. He informed that the farming season is about to end and he has come to know that the fertilizers and pesticides have reached Port Blair now. The fertilizers and pesticides are basic necessities of the farmers for a good yield.
The State President also informed that several farmers both in North & Middle Andaman and South Andaman District have been waiting for fertilizers and pesticides since a long time. He requested that since the required fertilizers and pesticides have reached Port Blair appropriate directions may be issued to the authorities to immediately transport them to various regions and supply them to the farmers.