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A chaotic scene unfolded on Thursday at Gokarnapur Seva Samabaya Samiti (a cooperative society) under Digapahandi block of Odisha's Ganjam district, where farmers clashed and pushed each other while waiting in long lines to receive fertiliser.
With the rabi season underway, demand for urea and other fertilisers has surged. Desperate to secure their share, hundreds of local farmers, including women, lined up for hours. The situation spiraled out of control as pushing, shoving, and stampede-like conditions broke out, leading to the intervention by police to bring law and order under control.
Witnesses reported that some women far...