Fertiliser dealers have stashed away DAP, urea and other agri inputs in expectation of increase in prices after the budget, and farmers are forced to pay exorbitant rates to obtain the needful.
According to farmers of Trinda Muhammad Panah area, despite ample fertiliser stocks, dealers are hoarding the commodity for selling only at cut-throat rates, after the budget announcement, to farmers who are in desperate need of fertiliser due to the cotton sowing season.