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The fertiliser crisis in Odisha took a dramatic turn in Angul district, where desperate farmers braved torrential rains through the night to secure their share. In an unusual scene at the Bagedia Service Cooperative Society office in Chhendipada, farmers were seen tying slippers and leaving Aadhaar cards to mark their place in the long queues.
Reports said that around 750 bags of fertiliser had arrived at the society, sparking a rush of nearly 1,700 farmers from five nearby panchayats. Many of them lined up from midnight, staying hungry and restless in the hope of getting fertiliser for their crops. With no proper system of tok...