100 Tons Of Nano Fertilizer Delivered To Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka was facing a severe shortage of fertilizers after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa decided to ban import of contaminated chemical fertilizer from China.
Now two Indian Air Force planes carrying 100 tons of Nano Nitrogen liquid fertilizers landed in Colombo on Thursday. Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka said that the delivery was in response to a call by the Sri Lankan government for urgent support in airlifting nano fertilizers. This import of Nano nitrogen liquid fertiliser has come months after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s decision in May to stop chemical fertilizer imports.
The IAF’s C17 Aircraft operations were coordinated in close liaison with Sri Lanka Air Force. The quick deployment of IAF aircraft and expeditious disembarkation overnight was indicative of close coordination between the two services,said a press-release issued by High Commission of India in Sri Lanka. The deployment was essentially to support the Government of Sri Lanka’s initiative towards organic farming and to expedite availability of Nano Nitrogen Fertilizer to the Sri Lankan farmers.
India has moved fast to stand by Sri Lankan farmers after the government of the island nation barred a ship carrying contaminated organic fertilisers from China. New Delhi stepped in to support Sri Lankan government’s initiative to promote organic farming amid a row between Colombo and Beijing over the decision of the authorities of the Indian Ocean nation not to allow a ship carrying organic fertilisers from China to offload the consignment.
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Sri Lankan government did not allow the consignment of organic fertiliser sent by Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Company Limited China to be offloaded in the island nation because the tests conducted by the Sri Lanka’s National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS) on samples detected that the cargo had been contaminated with bacteria of genus Erwinia, which could cause several plant diseases.
Beijing responded sharply with the Economic and Commercial Office of the Chinese Embassy in Colombo blacklisting the People’s Bank of Sri Lanka for failing to make a payment. The bank could not clear dues Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Company Limited as a local court banned any payment to the particular company based in China.
