A ship carrying 20,000 metric tons of urea will reach Sri Lanka tomorrow (10), the Ministry of Agriculture said.
Its secretary Gunadasa Samarasinghe said that another ship carrying 11,250 metric tons of urea will reach Sri Lanka in the next few days.
Accordingly, he said the urea fertilizer requirement for the Yala Season will be fulfilled, and added that stocks of Muriate of Potash (MOP) fertilizer or ‘Bandi Pohora’ required for the Yala Season were available in the country.
However, ‘Sri Lanka Mirror’ learns that this shipment of urea was brought by a private investor, and that it was not a shipment brought in by the Ministry or in accordance with a plan of the Ministry.
Meanwhile, Mr. Samarasinghe further said that the fertilizer required for the Yala Season will be distributed without any shortage, and 60% of the coupons for purchasing fertilizer have already been distributed among the farmers.
