At a time when farmers all over the country are struggling to get fertiliser for paddy plantation season, farmers have seized around 500 sacks of chemical fertiliser brought in two trucks at Dharke, Dhunibeshi Municipality–6.
Cooperatives selling fertilisers in Dhading have started drawing crowd despite fear of COVID-19, as it is the time when the farmers need fertilisers to use in maize and paddy.
On Wednesday, the farmers gathered at Nilakantha Cooperatives in the district headquarters to purchase chemical fertiliser.