‘Urea fertiliser stock almost exhausted’

ISLAMABAD: Fertiliser Price Review Committee (FPRC) was informed Wednesday that stock of urea fertiliser in the country was about to exhaust and if urea producing units are not provided with proper gas supply immediately, the country might confront several crises, sources told Daily Times. The FPRC meeting recommended to Prime Minister that Gas Load Management might be curtailed to 30 days instead of 45 days as per practice of previous years. Furthermore, decision of gas diversion to Fertiliser Manufacturing Companies from Mari Gas Station, already taken by FPRC and ECC, may get implemented immediately.

The meeting expressed dissatisfaction over delay on gas pipeline by Ministry of Water and Power for an IPP project, from which gas supply would be given to urea fertiliser producing unit.