Raipur, August 14, 2025/ Today, Santosh Kesharwani’s face shows satisfaction and happiness together. Santosh and his family have taken a sigh of relief by getting timely fertilizer for the paddy crop in their field. In fact, some news of shortage of fertilizer for the paddy crop in the current Kharif season had increased Santosh’s anxiety. But on the instructions of Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai, farmers in the state are getting sufficient quantity of fertilizer from the societies on time. Yesterday itself, with the special efforts of Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai, the Central Government has also approved the release of additional allocation of fertilizer for the farmers of Chhattisgarh. The Central Government has allocated an additional 50 thousand tonnes of DAP and 50 thousand tonnes of urea to Chhattisgarh.
In the state, the work of Ropa Bayasi is going on rapidly in the paddy crop. In such a situation, farmers need fertilizer for the rapid growth of paddy plants. Phosphatic fertilizers are needed more at this time. Due to timely availability of adequate quantity of fertilizer, the sowing of the fields of Shri Santosh Kesharwani, a marginal farmer of Korkoma village of Korba district, was easy and a better start of the crop was possible. Expressing happiness, Shri Kesharwani said that the field is our support, due to the promptness of the government and the committee, they got the necessary fertilizers, seeds etc. materials on time for farming. With this help, his farming has got new energy.
Farmer Shri Santosh said that he has about 5 acres of land, and from the beginning of the Kharif season, he is trying for better production, due to timely rains, there was no problem in preparing plants from plowing the fields. Necessary fertilizers were also available on time from the committees in this season. He said that in this Kharif season, he has purchased 7-7 bags of DAP, urea and super phosphate fertilizer as per his requirement from Korkoma Cooperative Society, for which he did not face any problem, nor did he have to visit the committee repeatedly. As soon as he submitted the necessary documents in the committee, he was provided fertilizer through KCC. Shri Santosh said that last Kharif year he had sold about 92 quintals of paddy. This time, from the very beginning, he and his entire family are working hard for a better crop. Due to timely sowing of the field, his crop is looking good, his hard work is paying off, irrigation will also be done as per the need and spraying of fertilizer will also be done from time to time. He said that his farming is now not only a means of livelihood, but has also become a crop of hopes. He says that the way the government and the cooperative society arranged fertilizers and seeds on time, it has brought a lot of relief to small farmers like us. This initiative has not only reduced their financial burden, but has also increased their confidence.