Shortage of urea in southern States is expected to be handled in about 15 months from now as foundation for the South India’s first IFFCO nano urea (liquid) manufacturing will be laid at Naganayakanahalli near Devanahalli on Thursday.
The plant being set up by IFFCO on 12 acres of land in Hi-Tech Defence and Aerotech Park near Devanahalli will have the capacity to manufacture five crore bottles of nano urea which is equivalent of five crore bags of urea accounting for 22.5 lakh tonnes.
This is almost 50% demand of the southern States that consume nearly 50 lakh tonnes of urea annually, says C. Narayanaswamy, State marketing head of IFFCO. He says this would also reduce soil acidification due to indiscriminate use of conventional urea.
