Rangpur farmers block road demanding urea

RANGPUR, Sep 10 (UNB): Farmers of Pirganj upazila in Rangpur blocked the Rangpur-Dhaka Highway demanding urea fertiliser for around an hour causing immense suffering to the commuters on Saturday.
Sources said several hundred farmers from different areas of the upazila gathered on the highway in Pirganj Bazar area to press home their demand, which caused a huge tailback on the both sides of the busy road.
Like many other farmers, Ahsanul Hoque, Nasir Uddin and Kabirul Islam said they failed to manage the urea fertiliser despite desperate efforts for the past ten days.
The agitating farmers accompanied by general people left the road following an assurance of the local administration to address the problem as soon as possible.