Hyderabad, Aug. 30 -- The Telangana government, under pressure from mounting agricultural demand, is set to receive 49,275 tonnes of urea from the Central government in the coming days.

According to state Agriculture minister Thummala Nageswara Rao, this fresh consignment will be allocated to districts where the demand for fertiliser is highest, aiming to ease the shortages currently faced by many farmers across Telangana.

Additional 2.38 L tonnes requested from Centre

Alongside the scheduled supply, minister Thummala has formally requested an additional 2.38 lakh (238,000) tonnes of urea from Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister JP Nadda.

This request is meant to supplement the 1.5 lakh (150,000) tonnes of urea already approved f...