Sylhet Correspondent :
Fertilizer traders in Sylhet districts are facing huge losses as a large portion of their fertilizer imports ahead of the Boro season remain unsold due to the countrywide indefinite transport blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
Imported TSP, MOP and DAP fertilizers have been left unsold in the open air at major wharfs in Sylhet, including those at Biswnath, Dakshin Surma and Golapgonj areas, as the supply chain across the district has been disrupted by the transport blockade.
Sajjad Miah, a fertilizer importer at Kamalbazar, said although about 50-60 trucks used to transport fertilizers from the Station road wharfs to the rest of the northern districts every day, the number of the truckloads have now shrunk to 30-40 a day over the last few days.
The fertilizer importers now have to sell the imports even at lower prices than the government fixed rates while the truck fare has almost doubled, he added.
Abul Hossain, another fertilizer importer, said about 2 lakh sacks (80 kg) have been stacked around the wharfs under the open sky as there is no space left in the godowns due to lack of sale amid the prolonged transport disruption.
If the situation continues, the Boro rice cultivation in the district is surely going to be hampered.
Fertilizer traders in Sylhet districts are facing huge losses as a large portion of their fertilizer imports ahead of the Boro season remain unsold due to the countrywide indefinite transport blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
Imported TSP, MOP and DAP fertilizers have been left unsold in the open air at major wharfs in Sylhet, including those at Biswnath, Dakshin Surma and Golapgonj areas, as the supply chain across the district has been disrupted by the transport blockade.
Sajjad Miah, a fertilizer importer at Kamalbazar, said although about 50-60 trucks used to transport fertilizers from the Station road wharfs to the rest of the northern districts every day, the number of the truckloads have now shrunk to 30-40 a day over the last few days.
The fertilizer importers now have to sell the imports even at lower prices than the government fixed rates while the truck fare has almost doubled, he added.
Abul Hossain, another fertilizer importer, said about 2 lakh sacks (80 kg) have been stacked around the wharfs under the open sky as there is no space left in the godowns due to lack of sale amid the prolonged transport disruption.
If the situation continues, the Boro rice cultivation in the district is surely going to be hampered.
