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The Tatopani Rural Municipality of Jumla has been angry that the poor quality earthworm manure has been distributed to the farmers. Farmers have become suspicious after giving red soil-like manure in the name of earthworm manure.
Fertilizers were started to be given to farmers under the title of Vice President Program with the people last financial year. Chitwan-based Divya Organic Fertilizer Company provided the fertilizer. The farmers were angry that the company gave them fertilizer that had been stored for a long time.
'Mal had been stored near the village office since two years ago,' said Bhairav Kathayat, the Jumla contact person of the company, 'distribution started from July 7. Farmers are in trouble after seeing manure like red soil.' Narendra Giri, the owner of
company, said that since 2074, one lakh kilos of fertilizer has arrived in Jumla. He said that manure stored for a long time is not of poor quality, but after air and water penetrate, the manure cannot work.
The sack of fertilizer has broken, which has raised questions about the quality. The rural municipality brought 355 sacks of manure. Three lakh 15 thousand rupees have been paid to the company for the purchase.
Tatopani Rural Municipality Vice President Revati Rawal said that the problem arose when the fertilizer distributed to support agricultural production was of poor quality. The municipality has sent the manure to the laboratory for lab testing. President Nanda Prasad Choulagai informed that the municipality is prepared to proceed with the legal process if it is found to be of poor quality from the test.
Since then, the Maoist Tatopani village committee has demanded an immediate investigation into the issue of quality fertilizer distributed to farmers. "First, there should be an investigation into the quality of manure," Jaktiprasad Neupane, chairman of Maoist Tatopani said, "And the person involved in the purchase process and the fertilizer company should be prosecuted."
