45,000 Metric Tonnes of Urea Arrive from Bangladesh

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 45,000 Metric Tonnes of Urea Arrive from Bangladesh

July 2: The much-awaited shipment of fertilizers purchased by the Government of Nepal from Bangladesh has finally arrived in the country.

Out of 50,000 metric tons of urea ordered by the government through G2G deal, 45,000 metric tons has reportedly arrived at various border check points of Nepal.

According to the state-owned national news agency (RSS), the fertilizer has reached the provincial offices of Agriculture Inputs Company Limited in Birgunj, Biratnagar and Bhairahawa.    
As per the agreement, the Government of Bangladesh has to provide 50,000 metric tonnes of the fertilizer to Nepal.  The remaining 5,000 metric tonnes of the fertilizer will arrive in Nepal within a week, RSS reported citing the manager of the company’s Birgunj-based provincial office, Gorakhnath KC.

The government had placed the order during the plantation season of last year, when the farmers were facing scarcity of fertilizers.  However,  the delivery of the fertilizer had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as other reasons including Bangladesh’s insistence on providing the fertilizer through G2G deal instead of the Nepal’s request to borrow the fertilzier.

 Unlike in the past when farmers faced scarcity of fertilizers, KC ensured timely availability of fertilizers during this monsoon when paddy plantation begins in most parts of the country.    
 

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