Farmers and growers of district Bahawalnagar and tehsil Kot Chattha in DG Khan have been furious over the phenomenal hike in prices of urea fertilizers, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Friday.

Farmers in both cities also rejected government claims that people associated with the agriculture industry were prosperous in the incumbent government's time.

Kissan Ithihad President Qazi Zulfiqar Hussain said that government claims about farmers benefit from the government was a complete lie.

He said that farmers are living in miserable conditions. He said urea fertilizer is not even available at Rs2,500 that was earlier available at Rs1770. 

Another grower Abdul Rasheed said farmers have been forced to stand in long queues to get fertilizers for their fields.

“There are no checks and balances to control the black sale of frizzlers,” he added.

Reporters Rana Muhammad Saleem, Qasim Ali Sheikh