Chhatarpur (MP), Dec 8 (PTI) Farmers staged road blockades in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday over a shortage of urea fertiliser and alleged apathy by officials.

Farmers blocked roads under Bamitha, Harpalpur and Bada Malhara police stations' areas to protest the disruption in fertiliser supply. Similar demonstrations were reported from other places as well.

Farmer leader Ramkripal Sharma said they blocked the road for about 30 minutes in front of a police station after they failed to get tokens for the fertiliser (urea).

He claimed the problem stemmed from disputes between cooperative bank managers and committee workers, affecting supply at cooperative societies.

"When fertiliser is not available in the society, farmers buy it from mandis. As large groups gather, chaos

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