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Our Correspondent, Jessore

Impure Indian fertilisers are being sold in different markets in the district of Jessore. It is learnt that unscrupulous traders are smuggling those into Ban-gladesh overlapping border guards of both the countries.

The border points of Benapole, Kashipur under Chowgachha upazila and Bhomara under Satkhir district. The means of transports from those places to different markets are by-cycles, shallow engine-run-nasimon and karimon and the other small size vehicles.

The farmers are buying the low quality Indian fertilisers as their price is comparatively cheaper. Coloured sands are mixed with potash while cement is mixed with TSP to defraud the buyers.

If those are applied in the agriculture fields, the fertility of lands is certain to come down. The farmers expect strong vigilance from the Police, the RAB and the BDR to check smuggling of the Indian fertilisers.