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Hundreds of farmers staged a road blockade on State Highway 39 at Umerkote in Nabarangpur district on Sunday, protesting against the unavailability of urea fertilizer.
As per reports, the agitation began in the morning, bringing vehicular movement between Umerkote and Nabarangpur to a halt. Hundreds of vehicles were stranded on both sides of the road due to the protest.
The farmers expressed strong resentment over the shortage of fertilizer and declared that they would not vacate the road until urea was supplied.
As per the allegation by the protesting farmers, they are not getting urea fertiliser for the last one and half mon...