Farmers yesterday blocked highways in Faridpur and Jessore demanding adequate supply of fertilizer.

In Faridpur, farmers barricaded the Dhaka Khulna highway at Modhukhali for about an hour in the morning, disrupting traffic, reports a correspondent. They put trees on the road to obstruct traffic, keeping several hundred vehicles stranded on both sides.

Source there said over 1,000 farmers waited in a long queue in front of a dealers shop at Bagat Bazar since morning.