The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Industries Minister Dilip Barua yesterday asked officials and employees of the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) to work hard for supplying fertilizers to the farmers as per their requirement during the current Irri-Boro season.

He said smooth supply of fertilizers to the farmers will be an 'acid-test' for the BCIC officials and warned that the new government headed by Sheikh Hasina would not spare anybody for trying to create any artificial crisis of agricultural inputs.

While paying a visit to the BCIC head office, Barua addressed concerned officials discussing production and supply of agricultural inputs by the state-run factories.

He said the government has a responsibility to ensure timely supply of fertilizers to the farmers.

The government will take short, long and middle term plans to renovate the aging fertilizer factories to increase their production, he added.

The Ministry's acting Secretary Ilias Ahmed and BCIC Chairman M Mokhlesur Rahman also addressed the meeting which was attended, among others, by the chiefs of the different BCIC Divisions.