Madhya Pradesh: Farmer Dies of Heart Attack While Waiting in Queue for Fertiliser

Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh: A 52-year-old farmer died after suffering a heart attack while waiting in a long queue to purchase fertiliser in Badora village on Monday, officials confirmed.

Farmers queue outside a fertiliser warehouse in Tikamgarh district, where 52-year-old Jamuna Kushwaha collapsed and later died while waiting for urea amid a severe fertiliser shortage.

The deceased has been identified as Jamuna Kushwaha, a resident of Bajrua village, located around eight kilometres from the fertiliser warehouse.

According to his younger brother Chhakki, Jamuna had been going to the warehouse for the past two days to obtain just two bags of urea.

“While standing in the queue and waiting for his turn, he began vomiting and felt dizzy,” Chhakki told PTI.

Local tehsildar Satendra Gurjar, who was present at the distribution centre, rushed Kushwaha to the district hospital in his own vehicle, but doctors declared him dead during treatment.

Cause of Death and Police Action

Dehat police station in-charge Chandrajeet Yadav said the initial post-mortem by Dr Deepak Ojha confirmed that the cause of death was a heart attack.A case has been registered, officials added.

Fertiliser Shortage Triggers Unrest

Farmers across Tikamgarh district have been struggling for days due to acute shortage of urea fertiliser. The situation has escalated in several areas:

• Last week, farmers in Jatara town reportedly looted 30–40 bags of urea from a truck parked at a fertiliser distribution centre.

  
  

• On Monday, cultivators from Baldeogarh and Khargapur blocked the Tikamgarh–Chhatarpur road for nearly three hours, halting traffic and demanding urgent relief.

  
  

The death of Jamuna Kushwaha has intensified anger among local farmers, who say the shortage has come at a crucial time in the cropping season.