By Our Reporter  Farmers have been demonstrating in a few places of Tarai after being unable to get fertilizer to grow wheat and other crops. In Simaraungadh in Bara and Sainamaina in Rupandehi, the angry farmers clashed with the police for failing to get the fertilisers. However, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has said that there is around 43,000 tonnes of chemical fertilisers in stock. According to the Ministry, around 43,000 tonnes of chemical fertiliser was still in stock at the depots of Agriculture Inputs Company Limited (AICL) and Salt Trading Corporation (STC) across the country. Around 86,246 tonnes of chemical fertiliser has been sold and distributed in the first four months of the current fiscal year and around 42,983 tonnes of fertiliser is still in stock, according to the ministry. But still, the farmers are facing a shortage of fertilisers across the country. AICL and STC are importing and distributing fertilisers at a subsidised rate as per the budget allocated by the government. The AICL uses around 70 per cent and STC 30 per cent of the budget to import and distribute fertilisers across the country. By mid-November of the current fiscal year, the AICL has sold 57,212 tonnes (28,339 tonnes of urea, 24,443 tonnes of DAP and 4,430 tonnes of potash) and STC has sold 29,033 tonnes (23,557 tonnes of urea, 5,324 tonnes of DAP and 151 tonnes of potash) of chemical fertilisers. Similarly, the Ministry has said that about 15,000 tonnes of urea is being imported. In the current fiscal year, a tender was called for the purchase of 257,000 tonnes of chemical fertilisers through AICL and STC. According to the Ministry, 110,000 tonnes of fertiliser has been imported so far. For the current fiscal year 2022/23, the government has allocated Rs. 15 billion to purchase fertilisers. Even though there is enough fertiliser in stock at depots, farmers of many districts are complaining about the short supply of fertilisers and are unable to get them as per their requirement for winter crop plantation. Similarly, the farmers have not begun purchasing paddy from the farmers.