Sri Lanka, May 16 -- Samples of Muriate of Potash (MOP) fertilizer produced in 2019, allegedly transported from a warehouse in Thambuttegama to the Rambewa Agrarian Service Centre, have been sent for testing, according to Director of the National Fertilizer Secretariat, Chandana Lokuhewage.

He stated that it would only be possible to determine whether the fertilizer is suitable for use after laboratory tests are completed.

Allegations were raised yesterday (15) that a stock of fertilizer which had been allocated for subsidies in 2019 had been distributed recently to farmers in Pandukabayapura within the Rambewa Agrarian Service Centre area in Mahakanadarawa, Anuradhapura.

Farmers further alleged that the MOP fertilizer supplied from a ...