40,000mt of manure lying under open sky for a year
Somewhere in the range of 40,000 metric huge amounts of three kinds of compost are held under the open sky in Khulna secured with only canvas for a year for absence of extra room have harmed, sources at the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) said.
The manures were harmed during precipitation when a portion of the regions got overwhelmed.
The BADC sources additionally said three sorts of manures – Triple Super Phosphate (TSP), Murate of Potash (MOP) and Dye Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) - were imported from Morocco, Canada and Saudi Arabia during the 2018-19 monetary year. For the most part, temporary workers administer the procedure until it enters the BADC distribution center.
Visiting the recognize, the reporter found that the composts were held under the open sky at Roosevelt Jetty on the bank of the Bhairab River, before Khulna Wasa working, by along primary street of Fulbari entryway, inside Ajax Jute Mills and Shiromoni territories.
The composts were kept on sand gatherer and these were harmed following water amassing in certain parts during the last storm.
As indicated by the sources, the issue was raised at a BADC meeting on July 27 when the enterprise educated that the temporary workers typically safeguard composts before transportation those to distribution centers.
Proshanto Kumar Saha, Joint Director (Fertilizer) of BADC Khulna, said the manures were imported during June-July in 2018. "More will be imported in the coming days. The limit of the stockroom is 13,000 MT. In this way, there's no additional room to keep the composts. Moreover, distribution centers on lease aren't accessible," he said.
"Non-urea manure stays in great condition if it's held under covering in hermetically sealed condition. Sand was given beneath. Be that as it may, there would be issue if an excess of water is kept there," he included.
Quamrul Ashraf Khan, the proprietor of temporary worker firm Poton Traders Limited, stated: "The measure of compost being imported is more noteworthy than the limit of the stockroom."
Pankaj Kanti Majumder, Deputy Director of Department of Agricultural Extension, said a colossal amount of manure is required in Khulna area.
"The imported composts are kept canvassed in the open for absence of enough space in the distribution centers in Khulna," he brought up. "The composts might be harmed whenever held under the sky. Those can stay fit as a fiddle if those are safeguarded in a hermetically sealed space."
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