PM inaugurates fertiliser plant in Gorakhpur

The plant will produce 12.7 lakh metric tonnes of indigenous neem coated urea every year

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated a fertiliser plant in Gorakhpur. The plant will produce 12.7 lakh metric tonnes of indigenous neem coated urea every year and daily about 3850 metric tonnes and has been set up at a cost of around Rs 8,600 crore. The Prime Minister said, in a three-pronged approach, the government stopped the misuse of urea by introducing a 100 per cent neem coating of urea. He said soil health cards are given to crores of farmers so that they can decide what kind of fertiliser is needed for their farm. He said the government emphasised increasing the production of urea. Closed fertiliser plants were also forced to reopen to increase production. The PM informed that with the completion of five fertiliser plants in a different part of the country, 60 lakh tonnes of urea will be available in the country.

According to the PMO release, the project has been set up under Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL), a joint venture of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Coal India, Indian Oil Corporation, Fertilizer Corporation of India and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation.

The Prime Minister appreciated the Government of Uttar Pradesh for the unprecedented work done for the sugarcane farmers in recent years. He lauded the government for increasing the remunerative price for sugarcane farmers, recently up to Rs 300 and for paying almost as much as the previous governments paid to sugarcane farmers in the past 10 years.

The Prime Minister said everyone knew the importance of the fertiliser plant in Gorakhpur for the farmers of this region and also for providing employment.

The plant will produce 12.7 lakh metric