"An urgent message on the allocation was yesterday sent to the deputy commissioners, upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) and the management of fertiliser factories," said an official announcement.

BCIC allocated the farming input against the demand placed by the agriculture ministry, it said.

The government directed the UNOs to take necessary steps for withdrawing and distributing the fertilisers among the farmers through the approved dealers in the upazilas from July 1.

District Fertiliser and Seed-monitoring Committees have been instructed to monitor the withdrawal, transportation and distribution of the fertiliser among the farmers as per their demand.

The government has taken the initiative apparently in the wake of reported crisis of the essential farming input across the country and manipulation of the market by profiteers.