Hyderabad, July 8 -- Telangana chief minster A Revanth Reddy requested the Central government to increase the supply of urea to the state, amid nationwide shortage.

He met Union Minister for Fertilisers and Chemicals, JP Nadda, in New Delhi on Tuesday, July 8, and informed him that only 3.07 lakh metric tonnes of urea were supplied to Telangana between April and June, as against the requirement of 5 lakh metric tonnes in the Kharif season.

He also brought to the notice of the Union minister that 63,000 metric tonnes of domestically produced urea and 97,000 metric tonnes of imported urea were to be supplied to Telangana for July. However, it has received only 29,000 metric tonnes of urea so far.

Requesting Nadda to enhance the quota of ...