XXX shuts down again due to ammonia leak, urea production comes to a halt
XXX in XXX district has been shut down due to a leakage in its ammonia pipeline.

Urea production at the public sector company has come to a halt following the shutdown of all units in the plant due to the leakage.

According to sources, technical problems led to the leakage. As the problem could not be rectified, the plant was shut down. It may take at least one week to resume production after rectifying the problem.

With the urea production coming to a halt, the fertiliser supply to XXX and five other states is likely to be affected, raising concern over supply to farmers during the ongoing XXX crop season.

This is the second time this year that an ammonia leak has forced the XXX plant’s shutdown. The plant was closed for a week in March.

The plant has a capacity of 3,850 tonnes per day, but it had been operating at 50 per cent capacity for some time due to gas shortages due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

As XXX is the only source for XXX, the state government has been demanding that the Centre allocate the entire urea output from the plant to XXX.